Jacque Fresco: Resource

Jacque Fresco was American futurist and self-described social engineer. Explore interesting quotes on resource.

Jacque Fresco: 104 quotes139 likes

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

1. A design for the future.
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.”

Source: The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002), p. 31.

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

Source: The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002), p. 158.

“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.”

Source: The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002), p. 54.

“We live in a world where our social system is old, our language is old, the way we acquire goods and services is outdated, our cities are detrimental to our health, chaotic and a tremendous waste of resource, and most of all our politics and values no longer serve us.”

“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.”

“The uncreative mind can spot the wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot the wrong questions" The question has never been: Do we have the money? The question has always been: Do we have the resources?”

“At the beginning of World War II the U. S. had a mere 600 or so first-class fighting aircraft. We rapidly overcame this short supply by turning out more than 90,000 planes a year. The question at the start of World War II was: Do we have enough funds to produce the required implements of war? The answer was No, we did not have enough money, nor did we have enough gold; but we did have more than enough resources. It was the available resources that enabled the US to achieve the high production and efficiency required to win the war. Unfortunately this is only considered in times of war.”

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

Source: Designing the Future (2007), p.81