at the time i was doing this research i was taking a class at tufts called "genetics, ethics and the law". one of the more interesting topics which came up was eugenics, truly a scary topic and definitely related to utopian ideas. i've got a bunch of interesting eugenics-related sites, some of which are pretty freaky.
here's one which is pretty intense:
http://www.euvolution.com/
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Good find. Of course, you can't talk about this school of thought without mentioning the Extropians:
http://www.extropy.org/
THey aren't into eugenics, as far as I know, but they believe in pursuing immortality thorugh technological means. They are really into "space development, cryonics, life extension, memetics, artificial intelligence, and smart drugs."
http://www.idiom.com/~arkuat/extr/
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