"...consternation turns to lucidation!"
'I think we're all bozo's on this bus', by Firesign Theatre

'Utopian',,, I would have to say that you've hit it,,, though as one of my favorites (as a young sci-fi enthusiast) it pains a bit to see the simplification. (It was Brin, 'Uplift Wars', and Brunner, 'Stand on Zanzibar',,, that turned me toward biochem and genetics,,, way back in the day wink

Utopian, but not without the struggle, first, and the epiphany,,, and just a bit of help from where one least expects it,,, real life stuff~