S1E187 - Laozi, Utopia, and the Double Donkey Salute
Published: July 3, 2026
Duration: 27:59
What would a Daoist utopia actually look like?
A perfect society? A better political system? A sacred rulebook everyone finally agrees to follow?
Not exactly.
In this free episode of Living the Tao (1-187), Master Mikel Steenrod and Morgan explore the Daoist view of utopia, and why Taoism begins with personal liberation rather than social control. The conversation moves through the Tao Te Ching, Confucianism, Laozi as the fed-up scholar leaving society behind, and the uncomfortable truth that humans may be building machines faster than they are developing wisdom.
Along the...