Jacque Fresco citations

Jacque Fresco, né le 13 mars 1916 à Brooklyn et mort à Sebring le 18 mai 2017, est un autodidacte, ingénieur de structures, architecte designer, designer, éducateur et futuriste américain.

Il écrit et donne des conférences à propos de ses visions sur les villes durables, l'efficacité énergétique, la gestion des ressources naturelles, la cybernétique, l'automation avancée ainsi que le rôle de la science dans la société. Avec sa collègue, Roxanne Meadows, il est le fondateur et directeur de The Venus Project. En tant que critique social connu pour sa franchise, Fresco prône l'implémentation globale d'un système socioéconomique de coopération sociale, d'automation technologique et de méthodologie scientifique qu'il appelle « économie basée sur les ressources ».

Fresco et ses travaux ont fait l'objet de programmes à la télévision et à la radio, ainsi que d'articles dans des journaux et magazines, dans lesquels il a été décrit comme « un rêveur »,,, « un excentrique », « un utopiste »,, « un idéaliste », « un fou littéraire », « un charlatan », ou encore comme un génie, un prophète et un visionnaire,,. Certains pensent que ses idées sont impraticables, idéalistes et à la limite de la science-fiction,. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. mars 1916 – 18. mai 2017
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Jacque Fresco Citations

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Jacque Fresco: Citations en anglais

“People usually blame themselves or “fate.””

However, when two cars collide at an intersection, should we blame the individual drivers, “fate,” or the way transportation is engineered so that it permits collisions in the first place?
Designing the Future (2007)

“Whenever money is involved, there is elitism.”

6. The inhumanity of a monetary-based system.
The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)

“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)

“What has been handed down to us does not seem to be working for the majority of people. With the advances in science and technology over the last two hundred years, you may be asking: “does it have to be this way?””

With the observable fact that scientific knowledge makes our lives better when applied with concern for human welfare and environmental protection, there is no question that science and technology can produce abundance so that no one has to go without... Hopes for divine intervention by mythical characters are delusions that cannot solve the problems of our modern world. The future of the world is our responsibility and it depends upon decisions we make today. We are our own salvation or damnation.
Source: Designing the Future (2007), p. 10

“You can play a role in the shaping of tomorrow’s world by asking yourself questions like, “What kind of world do I want to live in?” and “What does democracy mean to me?””

There are many other options of organization for the future than those typically discussed today... In order to accomplish this task one must be free of bias and nationalism, and reflect those qualities in the design of policies. How would you approach that? This is a difficult project requiring input from many disciplines.
Source: Designing the Future (2007), p. 6-7

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

Source: The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002), p. 110.

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

1. A design for the future.
The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War (2002)