Jacque Fresco was a man ahead of his time. His visionary concepts were relevant in the context of the energy and materials available and the global population of his era. The achievability of his ideas was grounded in a deep understanding of the contemporary socio-economic landscape. Fresco presented a forward-thinking response to the era’s challenges. Anticipating the unsustainable trajectory of the world, Fresco forged an alternative path centered on sustainable resource management. His approach addressed multifaceted challenges encompassing consumerism, waste, irresponsible resource stewardship, war, poverty, and political issues. By offering a comprehensive and preemptive approach, Fresco’s ideas were seen as far ahead of their time. His proposals advocated strategic actions to prevent the world from continuing its current trajectory exemplified by the BAU2 scenario presented in the Limits to Growth. Fresco’s work founded the intentions of The Venus Project and continues to inspire the scope of its concerns. Fresco focused on designing to accord with Earth’s carrying capacity and innovation to expand this capacity. He maintained a central focus on the detrimental effects of scarcity on all aspects of human behavior and society and emphasized science and technology’s role in generating abundance where possible to fulfill human needs. Fresco reasoned that only a global approach would be effective and envisioned a global design for civilization’s woes and established the broadest potential scope within which The Venus Project presently analyzes problems and conceives responses. Fresco set forth a set of distinct values that, above all, remain most enduring in The Venus Project’s present work. Read more about a Resource Based Economy: https://lnkd.in/gTRH_qY #TheVenusProject #TVP #rbe #JacqueFresco #ЖакФреско #ПроектВенера
Torben Riise
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Roxanne - were you guys ever in contact with the Millennium Project - a global think tank? Many of Jacque's idea are discussed there from time to time.
Exciting times!
Inspiring!
Congrats!
Jacque Fresco was an inspiring visionary who continues to inspire us to this day!