Jacque Fresco Quotes

1916–2017 United States

Jacque Fresco (March 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017) was an American self-taught structural designer, architectural designer, concept artist, educator, and futurist. He is the founder of the Venus Project.

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Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

Science and education, when devoid of a social conscience or environmental and human concern, are meaningless.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

When education and resources are available to all without a price tag, there will be no limit to human potential.

Designing the Future (2007)

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.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

Yet at every turn, vested interests (those who have the most to gain in keeping things the way they are) oppose even technological changes... And so it goes.

Designing the Future (2007)

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.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

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.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

Whenever money is involved, there is elitism.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

Although many of us consider ourselves forward-thinkers, we still cling tenaciously to the old values of the monetary system.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

People are not equal without equal purchasing power.

Designing the Future (2007)

Most people are slaves to jobs they do not like because they need the money.

Designing the Future (2007)

Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is irrelevant and counter-productive to our survival.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

The use of money results in social stratification and elitism based primarily on economic disparity.

Designing the Future (2007)

There is tremendous corruption, greed, crime, embezzlement, and more caused by the need for money.

Designing the Future (2007)

Money is just an interference between what one needs and what one is able to get. It is not money that people need, it is access to resources.

Designing the Future (2007)

Without large corporations controlling automobile manufacture for profit, all transportation systems can be designed as modular, continuously updated, and provided with the latest developments in technology.

Designing the Future (2007)

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.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

Although we accept the inevitability of change, humans meet it with a lot of resistance. In most cases, change threatens those in positions of advantage and for the most part they are there in the first place to keep things the way they are.

Designing the Future (2007)

Laws, at best, are attempts to control a population, and work only sporadically with great expense and hardship. Other common behaviorcontrol methods are patriotism, religion, propaganda, and nationalism. All manmade laws are developed to preserve the established order.

The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

Until scientific inquiry came of age, human beings could not comprehend their relationship to the physical world, so they invented their own explanations. These explanations tended to be simplistic and in many cases, harmful. For example, if one knows a tidal wave is approaching and chooses to stay and pray for deliverance rather than leaving, this could be detrimental to his/her survival... Scientists ask the question “what do we have here?” and then they proceed to do experiments to determine the nature of the physical world.

Designing the Future (2007)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jacque Fresco (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.