Jacque Fresco - Venus Project, Florida - 27 December 2008 architecture
We visited Jacques Fresco and Roxanne Meadows, at the Venus Project in Venus, Florida, on 27 December 2008. In this section Jacque is discussing architectural styles. http://www.thevenusproject.com Jacque Fresco is an industrial designer, author, lecturer, futurist, inventor, and a pioneer in the field of human factors engineering, based in Venus, Florida, USA. Fresco has worked as both designer and inventor in a wide range of fields spanning from biomedical innovations to totally integrated social systems. He believes his ideas would maximally benefit the greatest number of people and he states some of his ideas stem from his formative years during the Great Depression. In the mid-1970s, he started The Venus Project and the non-profit organization Future by Design together with Roxanne Meadows, that reflects the culmination of Frescos life work. To this day he writes and lectures extensively on subjects ranging from the holistic design of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advanced automation, focusing on the benefits it will bring to society. A major theme of Fresco's is the concept of a resource-based economy that replaces the need for the scarcity-oriented monetary economy we have now. Fresco argues that the world is rich in natural resources and energy and that — with modern technology and judicious efficiency — the needs of the global population can be met with abundance, while at the same time removing the current limitations of what is deemed possible due to notions of economic viability. He gives this example to help explain the idea: "At the beginning of World War II the U.S. had a mere 600 or so first-class fighting aircraft. We rapidly overcame this short supply by turning out more than 90,000 planes a year. The question at the start of World War II was: Do we have enough funds to produce the required implements of war? The answer was No, we did not have enough money, nor did we have enough gold; but we did have more than enough resources. It was the available resources that enabled the US to achieve the high production and efficiency required to win the war. Unfortunately this is only considered in times of war." Fresco states that for this to work, all of the Earth's resources must be held as the common heritage of all people and not just a select few; and the practice of rationing resources through monetary methods is irrelevant and counter-productive to our survival.Category: Education
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Published (on YouTube): 2009-01-10
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Comments on «Jacque Fresco - Venus Project, Florida - 27 December 2008 architecture»:
heapscheers on 2011-03-25
someone telecast ...
someone telecast the beheadings of ..say.. 20 world leaders and just say burn all the money u can find bla bla if not more will die bla small price to pay for epic freedomness i say and blow up the fed reserve, AND WALL STREET!
vasgeorge on 2010-12-18
Yes , it is .
Yes , it is .
mucanamnam on 2010-12-18
No, it's not.
No, it's not.
vasgeorge on 2010-12-15
its possible and ...
its possible and very easy indeed.
Juefawn on 2010-10-24
'You don't own ...
'You don't own anything, you use it..."
mucanamnam on 2010-10-18
I want this to ...
I want this to come true sooooo bad. But it's impossible.
mucanamnam on 2010-10-18
No. Just follow ...
No. Just follow Ron Paul.
blaziermissy on 2010-04-27
We're so accustomed ...
We're so accustomed to being exploited living out our lives in our buy/sale one up society that we don't trust our rationality to see that this project is the obvious answer. That's why so many people rebuttle with the label of "utopia." They don't know how to respond to the aspects of living in a truly decent society...so they dismiss it and group it with fantasy notions. They feel that they're being deceived.
rcacad on 2010-01-15
Jeaque could easily ...
Jeaque could easily get a contract to make childrens toys based around the idea of his all inclusive city. Kids could get the cars and the airplanes, then they could get the house with the garage. I think it could easily be built in as an educational thing. Kids could get all kinds of booklets and pictures showing how the technology works and how to do designs..........MY KIDS WOULD LOVE THIS FUTURISTIC STUFF
Neanderthalcouzin on 2009-10-02
Most students don't ...
Most students don't take much interest in the world around them these days, and don't get together to debate, to discuss, to philosophize. It's a sad state of affairs. There's so much apathy among modern students. Everyone goes to University, it's just extended high school for most. I wish I could meet people like Peter Joseph and Jacque Fresco.
betokkikke on 2009-07-25
I personally do ...
I personally do like his designs, but what really amazes me is how practical mind he has, I think Fresco visualizes very clearly his theories and without violence callings he simply puts an example of how to make things work out just fine living in his own fields of Venus, Florida.
gardenspook on 2009-07-21
I know it rocks
I know it rocks
heartcompass on 2009-07-19
"you use it...as ...
"you use it...as long as you like..your entire life if you wish. so no, you don't get arrested or shot :-)
dusteroo on 2009-07-17
and if someone ...
and if someone wants to own something, do they get arrested? shot ?
jaronze on 2009-07-02
its really hard to ...
its really hard to move here from there coz we need to encourage business minded people and people in politics to join the zeitgeist movement and together implement the resource base economy? its very tough challenge..how are we gonna do that? Well for me I think its through a worldwide revolution..express your ideas in the streets and spread the word of the zeitgeist movement if possible form a peaceful rally and spread the word..
heartcompass on 2009-05-06
"you don't own ...
"you don't own anything, you use it...as long as you like" !! I love you Jacque, thank you! PS - are all of you Tweeting this??
malekith77 on 2009-03-02
we can make this ...
we can make this reality lets do it!
powrboy77 on 2009-03-01
fresco is so badass
fresco is so badass
uea978 on 2009-02-28
absolutely. or the ...
absolutely. or the modern day da vinci.......
uea978 on 2009-02-28
thank you
thank you
jrgoku1000 on 2009-02-28
Guys there's a ...
Guys there's a Petition online! you can go to sign the VENUS Project Petition!
jrgoku1000 on 2009-02-28
you don't have to ...
you don't have to hope you can DO there's a Petition online for the VENUS Project!
jrgoku1000 on 2009-02-28
there's a petition ...
there's a petition online! all we need to do is sign to make it happen, Right now I'm spreading the word.
jrgoku1000 on 2009-02-28
dude i found the ...
dude i found the VENUS Project Petition online! go to sign the VENUS Project Petition, if you want to make it happen!
jrgoku1000 on 2009-02-28
guys there's a ...
guys there's a Petition online! go to sign the VENUS Project Petition