“War is the supreme failure of bridging the differences between nations,” according to the creator of a social model called “the Venus Project” – American futurist and inventor Jacque Fresco.
Fresco also thinks a resource-based economy is the key factor to preserving world peace.
“Democracy is a con game, it is a word invented to outplay people, to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing ‘we are free’. The minute you hear ‘freedom’ or ‘democracy’ – watch out, because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you that you’re free,”Fresco said.
He believes “It is not that people are good or bad, they are raised in an aberrant or twisted environment.”
“Social change cannot come above the intellect,”said Fresco answering a question about the current economic crisis in the US, “it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to that, the more they lose respect for an existing government. They will seek another direction. If there are too many people who seek a new direction, then the existing government calls upon the army and police to manage society – that is called fascism.”
A question and concern that’s frequently expressed is the fear of “machine’s making decisions” or “automated decision making” In this video Jacque elaborates on the concept of automated decision making and discusses some of the important decisions in every day life are in fact already assigned to machines.
Here Jacque discusses the limitations of current systems of decision making and advocates the use of research and development in managing our resources and solving problems.
Jacque discusses how we are taught to assign decision making to governments or deities and how we can make more responsible desicions to guide our own future.
