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Do You Speak Future?: Jacque Fresco Book of Insights
This book presents quotes of the visionary futurist Jacque Fresco. He didn’t just criticize our current situation; he presented us with a thoughtful alternative. His system of thought so far unparalleled by any other futurist, philosopher, or social theorist, and will prove difficult to parallel for times to come. These quotes will give you penetrating insights into humanity's follies, human behavior, and a possible positive future from a unique futurist who saw beyond so many.
320 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2022
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Jacque Fresco
11 books301 followersJacque Fresco is an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Fresco is self-taught and has worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design and the aircraft industry.
Fresco writes and lectures his views on sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource management, cybernetic technology, automation, and the role of science in society. Fresco is the director of The Venus Project. Fresco advocates global implementation of a socioeconomic system which he refers to as a "resource-based economy.
He grew up in a Sephardi Jewish home in Bensonhurst in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. According to Fresco, he had no interest with formal schooling and "dropped out of school at 14." Fresco grew up during the Great Depression period.
Fresco spent time with friends discussing Darwin, Einstein, science, and the future. Fresco attended the Young Communist League. After a discussion with the League president during a meeting Fresco was 'physically ejected' after loudly stating that 'Karl Marx was wrong!' Fresco later turned his attention to Technocracy. In the mid-1930s, Fresco traveled west to Los Angeles where he began a career as a
structural designer.
Some aspects of Fresco's ideas have been compared to thinkers from the nineteenth century. Titles such as The Paradise within the Reach of all Men without Labor by Powers of Nature and Machinery, Emigration to the Tropical World for the Melioration of All Classes of People of All Nations, and The New World or Mechanical System were written in the 1800s by John Adolphus Etzler who has been described by independent scholar, Anna Notaro, as an early forerunner to Fresco's ideas. Likewise, Ebenezer Howard and his book Garden Cities of Tomorrow, as well as the Garden City Movement during the early 1900s has been described, by Morten Grønborg of Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, as another predecessor.
Fresco writes and lectures his views on sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource management, cybernetic technology, automation, and the role of science in society. Fresco is the director of The Venus Project. Fresco advocates global implementation of a socioeconomic system which he refers to as a "resource-based economy.
He grew up in a Sephardi Jewish home in Bensonhurst in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. According to Fresco, he had no interest with formal schooling and "dropped out of school at 14." Fresco grew up during the Great Depression period.
Fresco spent time with friends discussing Darwin, Einstein, science, and the future. Fresco attended the Young Communist League. After a discussion with the League president during a meeting Fresco was 'physically ejected' after loudly stating that 'Karl Marx was wrong!' Fresco later turned his attention to Technocracy. In the mid-1930s, Fresco traveled west to Los Angeles where he began a career as a
structural designer.
Some aspects of Fresco's ideas have been compared to thinkers from the nineteenth century. Titles such as The Paradise within the Reach of all Men without Labor by Powers of Nature and Machinery, Emigration to the Tropical World for the Melioration of All Classes of People of All Nations, and The New World or Mechanical System were written in the 1800s by John Adolphus Etzler who has been described by independent scholar, Anna Notaro, as an early forerunner to Fresco's ideas. Likewise, Ebenezer Howard and his book Garden Cities of Tomorrow, as well as the Garden City Movement during the early 1900s has been described, by Morten Grønborg of Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, as another predecessor.
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February 10, 2024
I am a Fan of Jacque Fresco
This book is a compilation of short comments and statements from the Venus Project's Jacque Fresco and it reveals some of his thoughts about society and the future. Jacque Fresco is a futurist who believes in the dissolution of tired old political systems and the borders which define them. He advocates for a world without borders that will allow for a resource based system to replace the monetary systems of today. He suggests that a resource system in which the Earth's resources are assessed and managed somewhat centrally will lead to an end of poverty and that there will then come an end to crime. He believes that the monetary system rewards scarcity and encourages criminal behavior. This book captures some of his thoughts and displays them in short one or two page installments arranged similarly to poetry. You will find this to be a quick read.
This book is a compilation of short comments and statements from the Venus Project's Jacque Fresco and it reveals some of his thoughts about society and the future. Jacque Fresco is a futurist who believes in the dissolution of tired old political systems and the borders which define them. He advocates for a world without borders that will allow for a resource based system to replace the monetary systems of today. He suggests that a resource system in which the Earth's resources are assessed and managed somewhat centrally will lead to an end of poverty and that there will then come an end to crime. He believes that the monetary system rewards scarcity and encourages criminal behavior. This book captures some of his thoughts and displays them in short one or two page installments arranged similarly to poetry. You will find this to be a quick read.
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