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Jacque Fresco on Society and Behavior 11-25-09.mp3

Jacque Fresco is a futurist, inventor, social engineer, visionary and technician, best known for the Venus Project.

In his Future By Design documentary about Fresco’s life and ideas,  Emmy winning filmmaker William Gazecki called the 97-year-old Jacque “a modern day Da Vinci.” Others have called him “a new Buckminster Fuller.”

Now, I have to admit that I really like Jacque as a person – he just seems to have a unique combination of wisdom, life experience, sense of humor and personal humility. I also admire his multi-disciplinary accomplishments and his seemingly never-ending enthusiasm and scientific curiosity. This, however, doesn’t mean that I agree with him on everything that he says or proposes, and you would see a few of those moments during our 72 minute interview. At any rate, best thing you can do is to watch the interview in full, read Jacque’s book –  The Best That Money Can’t Buy, and judge for yourself.

During my conversation with Jacque Fresco we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: how he sees himself; scarcity and money as the root of all evil; the Venus Project; the need for unambiguous language; why he claims that most people are “unsane”; whether philosophers are bullshitters; the clash of civilizations and the nation state; education and the scientific method; the modern culture of bread and spectacles; resource based economy; Ray Kurzweil, artificial intelligence and the technological singularity; the Zeitgeist movement; Ayn Rand and objectivism; death and cryonics…

My favorite quote that I will take away from this conversation with Jacque is: “Study the meaning of science and apply its methods to the social system!”

Jacque Fresco: Apply the Methods of Science to the Social System!

Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows describe what The Venus Project is and how it can help humanity.

Paradigms Season 6

The Venus Project

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Jacque Fresco - War Karma & Soldiers

Jacque Fresco - Innovation, Law & Isolation

FUTURE MY LOVE is a unique love story challenging our collective and personal utopias in search of freedom. Maja Borg's thought-provoking experimental documentary explores the theme that "economy is a human relationship". This Q&A session with Maja was recorded after an exclusive preview screening of the film at the RSA in London on 12/12/12. The host is Hugh Knowles, Principal Sustainability Advisor with the Forum for the Future.

Q&A with Maja Borg after FUTURE MY LOVE screening at the RSA, London

Jacque Fresco - 2009 Oliver Thompson Lecture Q&A

Jacque Fresco TVP 9-30-12

Here are Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows of The Venus Project on why protesting and complaining without offering an alternative system are useless ventures.

The Stupidity of Complaining and Protesting

A podcast that brings you documentary masterclasses and interviews held by the Scottish Documentary Institute at Edinburgh College of Art.

Q&A with Maja Borg after FUTURE MY LOVE screening at the RSA, London

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