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Quote by Jacque Fresco

“Much of a behavior acceptable today would be socially offensive in a saner or more logical arrangement.”

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Jacque Fresco was a futurist, born on March 13, 1916, and passed away on May 18, 2017. He is known for his unique futurist ideas and contributions to sustainable development. more

“You can't exceed the system with language. You can only exceed the system with events; recommended procedures that are better. You can't exceed the system by telling people to be good, be kind, be considerate... You have to take away the conditions that makes it necessary for you to be kind. And to be kind, you design highways that aren't slippery; where no accidents, or less accidents, occur. In the future, everybody becomes an innovator - a creator.”

People Kind Language Conditions Events Design Creator Accidents Be Good Be Kind Highways Exceed Procedures Innovators Slippery Considerate Be Considerate

Author:Jacque Fresco

“You cannot approach people who think differently with reason and logic if they don't know what that means. First, you have to appeal to their values to start with. If you attack them, you lose them.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Firsts Mean Reason Values Loses Approach Logic Appeals Reason And Logic

Author:Jacque Fresco

“Astonishingly, in spite of decades of research, there is no agreed theory of cancer, no explanation for why, inside almost all healthy cells, there lurks a highly efficient cancer subroutine that can be activated by a variety of agents - radiation, chemicals, inflammation and infection.”

Theory Healthy Research Cancer Decades Agents Variety Cells Explanation Spite Chemicals Radiation Efficient Infection

Author:Paul Davies

“Youre a rich man, why arent you smart?”

Men Rich Smart Rich Man

Author:Jacque Fresco

“Architects are mostly self-centered and their buildings express their ego. [They are] not social buildings to make it more comfortable for people - to make life better for people. The cities have to be designed so people can get together and talk with one another.”

People Self Together Social Cities Building Ego Comfortable Architect Self Centered Get Together

Author:Jacque Fresco

“You have to tell your children about the world they live in, about the discrepancies, about the things that don't work… So you have to bring it up with a scientific orientation so they learn to ask questions, and learn how to say the most difficult thing in the world: 'I don't know'.”

Knows World Children Asks Difficult Our Children Your Children Difficult Things Orientation Discrepancies

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“Our universities today are better equipped than ever, and the wars keep getting worse.”

War Today University

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