09-04-2010, 06:36 PM
My, that was ugly! I looked up your scientific based, opinionative genius, Jacque Fresco, and he is referred to as a 'social engineer' and embraces a philosophy of scientific research without regard to cost. Who exactly decides where these unlimited research funds go is not made clear. He also declares that our major cities are too antiquated to retool to his standards and should be rebuilt in new areas. For the life of me I can't imagine where you would relocate a city the size of New York, or Los Angeles? He also doesn't state what he would do with the old abandoned cities. Danno, my impressionable friend, he is just a marxist existing off the official reservation with an audience of three: himself, Roxanne Meadows, and you. This is an excerpt from Wikipedia, although they point out that their are some unresolved differences in his bio regarding the absence of any third party publication documentation, meaning he probably wrote his own bio and submitted it to Wikipedia. He does, however, appear to have a flair for drawing pictures of futuristic looking buildings, keeping in mind that " without regard to cost philosophy." Danno, Dennis is a college educated chemist, who probably lives in a 16th century era village in Holland without indoor plumbing, not to mention that his people don't even have leather shoes to wear. Think about what you wrote above, please. And then edit, and all will be forgotten. To all who read this reply, check out the 'City Systems' link at the end of this short article, also.
[edit] The Venus Project
Main article: The Venus Project
The Venus Project was started around 1975 by Fresco[1][5] and by former portrait artist, Roxanne Meadows in Venus, Florida, USA. Its research center is a 21-acre (85,000 m2) property with various domed buildings of his design, where they work on books and films to demonstrate their concepts and ideas. Fresco has produced an extensive range of scale models based on his designs.[3] The Venus Project was incorporated in 1995.[6][7] The Venus Project originated as a plot of land in Florida which was purchased after liquidating a previous company by the name of sociocyberneering inc [8][9], which also was a piece of land purchased by payments from the sociocyberneering group members[10].The Venus Project is a two part business, a non profit company called 'Future by Design' [11] and a for profit company called 'Venus Project Inc./Global Cybervisions Inc.'[12]
Venus project was founded on the idea that poverty is caused by the stifling of progress in technology, which itself is caused by the present world's profit-driven economic system.[13] The progression of technology, if it were carried on independent of its profitability, Fresco theorizes, would make more resources available to more people thereby reducing corruption and greed, and instead make people more likely to help each other.[14][5][15] Fresco advocates against a money-based economy in favor of what he refers to as a Resource based economy.[16]
In a 2008 interview with Fresco and Meadows, Fresco stated that a 'lack of credentials' has made it difficult for him to gain influence in academic circles. He adds that when universities do invite him to speak, they often don't give him enough time to explain his views. http://www.thevenusproject.com/technology/city-systems
[edit] The Venus Project
Main article: The Venus Project
The Venus Project was started around 1975 by Fresco[1][5] and by former portrait artist, Roxanne Meadows in Venus, Florida, USA. Its research center is a 21-acre (85,000 m2) property with various domed buildings of his design, where they work on books and films to demonstrate their concepts and ideas. Fresco has produced an extensive range of scale models based on his designs.[3] The Venus Project was incorporated in 1995.[6][7] The Venus Project originated as a plot of land in Florida which was purchased after liquidating a previous company by the name of sociocyberneering inc [8][9], which also was a piece of land purchased by payments from the sociocyberneering group members[10].The Venus Project is a two part business, a non profit company called 'Future by Design' [11] and a for profit company called 'Venus Project Inc./Global Cybervisions Inc.'[12]
Venus project was founded on the idea that poverty is caused by the stifling of progress in technology, which itself is caused by the present world's profit-driven economic system.[13] The progression of technology, if it were carried on independent of its profitability, Fresco theorizes, would make more resources available to more people thereby reducing corruption and greed, and instead make people more likely to help each other.[14][5][15] Fresco advocates against a money-based economy in favor of what he refers to as a Resource based economy.[16]
In a 2008 interview with Fresco and Meadows, Fresco stated that a 'lack of credentials' has made it difficult for him to gain influence in academic circles. He adds that when universities do invite him to speak, they often don't give him enough time to explain his views. http://www.thevenusproject.com/technology/city-systems