“We don't want to hurt anybody, kill anybody, build any prisons, or build police. We want to make it unnecessary for people to steal - so they'll have access to medical care, health care, decent housing, all people, all over the world. As long as you don't share your resources, you are going to have trouble” PeopleWorldWantLongCareHurtTroubleShareResourcesPolicePrisonAccessMedicalStealingHealth CareDecentUnnecessaryHousingMedical Care Author:Jacque Fresco
“We talk about civilization as though it's a static state. There are no civilized people yet, it's a process that's constantly going on... As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization.” PeopleLongWarStatesProcessStageCrimeCivilizationPolicePrisonCivilizedStatic Author:Jacque Fresco
“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.” PeopleLongStillsPlayEarthGamesSocialFeltDesignProductsShapesProjectsConscienceResourcesPlantI RealizedConclusionQuestsLong LifeManufacturingGreat DepressionVenusRules Of The Game Author:Jacque Fresco
“Learning to be flexible in values takes a very long time...Of course I felt a little uncomfortable during questioning the concept of God, but then reading about the history and evolution of Gods. There were many different Gods: the God of war, the God of peace, the God of love, which was more like the people that invented them. They behaved, they got angry, they made sacrifices, they created floods when they didn't like the way things are going. This didn't come through as superior intelligence.” PeopleWayLittlesLongMadeDifferentWarValuesCoursesReadingFeltSacrificeEvolutionLong TimeConceptsAngrySuperiorsUncomfortableQuestioningFloodFlexibleGod Of WarSuperior IntelligenceDifferent Gods Author:Jacque Fresco
“The majority of the people of the world today are unsane, not insane, unsane meaning having been exposed to methods of evaluation that have long rendered obsolete, our language in the future will change to a saner language where we have no argument in it, 'can there be such a language?' there is, when engineers talk to each other, it's not subject to interpretation, they use math, they use descriptive systems, if I interpreted what another engineer said in the way I think he meant it: you couldn't build bridges, dams, power transmission lines. The language has to have meaning” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayLongSaidUseTodayLanguageLinesSubjectsArgumentMethodMajorityMathInsaneBridgesInterpretationExposedEngineersWorld TodayObsoleteEvaluationTransmissionDams Author:Jacque Fresco
“As long as superstition and ignorance prevail, humanity will fall short of eradicating war, poverty, and hunger.” LongWarHumanityFallPovertyIgnoranceHungerSuperstitions Author:Jacque Fresco
“If your values are not related to the Earth or realistic, you'll believe in things that aren't so, which will hurt you in the long run, and as a species, too.” IfsBelieveLongRunningEarthValuesHurtSpeciesRelatedRealisticLong Runs Author:Jacque Fresco
“In the future, in a saner system, we would design products not to wear out and break down; to last as long as possible, so that the responsibility of the service sector would not be overloaded.” LongLastsResponsibilityBreakDesignProductsBreaking DownOverloaded Author:Jacque Fresco
“So your having trouble with your partner. Well ask yourself, if you were in a relationship with a replica of yourself how long would it last?” IfsWellsLongLastsAsksTroublePartnersReplica Author:Jacque Fresco
“As long as there are prisons, police, armies, navies; we are not civilized. When the Earth joins together and uses the Earth intelligently, that will be the beginning of civilization.” LongUseEarthTogetherCivilizationArmyPolicePrisonCivilizedNavyArmy Navy Author:Jacque Fresco
“As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization.” LongWarStageCrimeCivilizationPolicePrison Author:Jacque Fresco
“The question is not whether there is intelligent life out there, the question is, whether there is intelligent life down here. As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization.” LongWarStageCrimeCivilizationIntelligentPolicePrisonIntelligent Life Author:Jacque Fresco
“The majority of the people of the world today are unsane, not insane, unsane meaning having been exposed to methods of evaluation that have long rendered obsolete.” PeopleWorldLongTodayMethodMajorityInsaneExposedWorld TodayObsoleteEvaluation Author:Jacque Fresco
