Garuda
08-30-2013, 02:39 PM
Some days ago, the BBC featured the following article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23799590
Tomorrow's cities: How the Venus Project is redesigning the future
Is it possible to create a radically different society? One where material possessions are unnecessary, where buildings are created in factories, where mundane jobs are automated?
Would you want to live in a city where the main aim of daily life is to improve personal knowledge, enjoy hobbies, or solve problems that could be common to all people in order to improve the standard of living for everyone?
Some may think it is idealistic, but 97-year old architect Jacque Fresco is convinced his vision of the future is far better than how we live today.
The article contains a four minute presentation on The Venus Project (http://thevenusproject.com/), and Jacque Fresco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco).
A 48-minute presentation is available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphWsnhZ4Ag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphWsnhZ4Ag
The man has some interesting ideas. The current crisis, e.g., actually is a completely artificial crisis: we still have all the resources (the supply) to meet the demand, but there suddenly 'is no money' left. Which in a way is absurd.
Many of his ideas also overlap with Gene Roddenberry's ideas of a far better future, where money no longer exists, where there is no greed, no disease, no poverty, hunger or crime; where technology has helped to solve most of the problems and where people aim to better themselves...
It's an interesting perspective, and of course there is plenty of criticism that has already been formulated.
What do you think?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23799590
Tomorrow's cities: How the Venus Project is redesigning the future
Is it possible to create a radically different society? One where material possessions are unnecessary, where buildings are created in factories, where mundane jobs are automated?
Would you want to live in a city where the main aim of daily life is to improve personal knowledge, enjoy hobbies, or solve problems that could be common to all people in order to improve the standard of living for everyone?
Some may think it is idealistic, but 97-year old architect Jacque Fresco is convinced his vision of the future is far better than how we live today.
The article contains a four minute presentation on The Venus Project (http://thevenusproject.com/), and Jacque Fresco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco).
A 48-minute presentation is available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphWsnhZ4Ag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphWsnhZ4Ag
The man has some interesting ideas. The current crisis, e.g., actually is a completely artificial crisis: we still have all the resources (the supply) to meet the demand, but there suddenly 'is no money' left. Which in a way is absurd.
Many of his ideas also overlap with Gene Roddenberry's ideas of a far better future, where money no longer exists, where there is no greed, no disease, no poverty, hunger or crime; where technology has helped to solve most of the problems and where people aim to better themselves...
It's an interesting perspective, and of course there is plenty of criticism that has already been formulated.
What do you think?