Jacque Fresco quotes

Jacque Fresco was an American futurist, designer, and self-taught structural engineer, known for founding The Venus Project. His vision promoted innovative solutions to global social and environmental challenges through technology and sustainable city design. He inspired many with his ideas about a resource-based economy and a better future for humanity. Here are 64 of his quotes:

Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is irrelevant and counter-productive to our survival. (Jacque Fresco)
Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality. View quote
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Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. View quote
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As we begin to plan for a new human society, we need to foster common values about clean air, water, and other elements of self-sustenance. These, along with a complete inventory of Earth's resources, will form the basis for a holistic approach to cybernated decision-making. View quote
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When education and resources are available to all without a price tag, there will be no limit to human potential. View quote
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War represents the supreme failure of nations to resolve their differences. From a strictly pragmatic standpoint, it is the most inefficient waste of lives and resources ever conceived. View quote
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Science and education, when devoid of a social conscience or environmental and human concern, are meaningless. View quote
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People will continue to search for answers to universal and perplexing problems. But to find meaningful answers, one must first know what questions to ask. View quote
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We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an integral part of the design. View quote
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So, "normal" is really what society dictates as normal and if we're born in that world, we would see that as normal. But if you think about it for a second, is it really? View quote
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You can play a role in the shaping of tomorrow's world by asking yourself questions like, "What kind of world do I want to live in?” and "What does democracy mean to me?”. (Jacque Fresco)
And you can't find "love" because in order to find "love" you have to be capable of dishing it out. In order to be capable of giving "love", your own life has to be in harmony with everything else, and that's not attainable... View quote
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What kind of competition is there in your body? Suppose your brain said ' I'm the most important organ, and the liver said 'I am, and I want to go in a free enterprise-system.' You would rot away in a month, if every organ of your body, were out for itself. View quote
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Democracy is a con game. It's a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.' The minute you hear ‘freedom' and ‘democracy', watch out... because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you're free. View quote
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To be human is to care for your fellow human beings and protecting the environment. View quote
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We live in a world where our social system is old, our language is old, the way we acquire goods and services is outdated, our cities are detrimental to our health, chaotic and a tremendous waste of resource, and most of all our politics and values no longer serve us. View quote
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Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily create a world of abundance, free of servitude and debt. View quote
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It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world. View quote
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Truly free people do not need to be told they are free. View quote
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Although many of us consider ourselves forward-thinkers, we still cling tenaciously to the old values of the monetary system. View quote
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We're running into a lot of new problems today because of what we emphasize in this culture. The word 'success' to the average person means earning a lot of money and having a home, two cars, children in college. Success to me is entirely different to what success is to the average person. Success is being a successful human being in terms of pursuing what you believe in. If you believe in making paintings, writing poetry, writing music. If this is what you really want, you're successful to yourself. But to be successful to your culture means to sell yourself short of what you really want. (Jacque Fresco)
The government means industry, if you know what I mean. View quote
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Living through the 1929 Great Depression helped shape my social conscience. During this time, I realized the earth was still the same place, manufacturing plants were still intact, and resources were still there, but people didn't have money to buy the products. I felt the rules of the game we play by were outmoded and damaging. This began a life-long quest resulting in the conclusions and designs presented in The Venus Project. View quote
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The only hope for developing a new civilization is to accept responsibility for improving our lives through knowledge, understanding, and a deeper comprehension of humanity's relationship to natural processes of evolution. Our future is determined by effort we put forth to achieve this transition. View quote
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If you think we can't change the world, It just means you're not one of those that will. View quote
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