JACQUE FRESCO - A Story of Change
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0:21 - 0:26- We live in a world of perpetual warfare and crime and corruption.
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0:26 - 0:32Protest after protest, that continue to go perpetually.
It seems that we need a different approach -
0:32 - 0:35How does The Venus Project approach this?
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0:35 - 0:43- If you really wish to bring an end to war, poverty, hunger, and most crimes,
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0:43 - 0:48what we have to do, eventually through education,
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0:48 - 0:57is declare all of the earth's resources
as the common heritage of all the world's people. -
0:57 - 1:03I see that as the only means.
So, this is what we have to strive toward. -
1:03 - 1:11I don't say this can be accomplished in one swoop.
It's a slow process of education. -
1:11 - 1:14- Why do you propose such a radical change?
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1:14 - 1:21- Well, I would like to see an end to war, poverty,
unnecessary human suffering, -
1:21 - 1:25and I can't see it within a monetary-based system
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1:25 - 1:34I see a constant repeat of the same series of events:
war, poverty, recession… -
1:34 - 1:42- Is monetary economics at the root of the problem and can it be fixed?If it can't be fixed, why not?
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1:42 - 1:49- Frankly, within this system, in order to survive,
you have to submit to the methods of this system. -
1:49 - 1:54A lawyer is not out there to help you always.
There is money in it for the law firm. -
1:54 - 2:01In other words, the motivation is not what you would call based on human concern.
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2:01 - 2:03It's based on the bottom line.
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2:03 - 2:10The motivation in most industries, the bottom line is profit, not the betterment of humanity;
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2:10 - 2:15and they would feel that that is a by-product of this system. I don't believe that.
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2:15 - 2:19It's that the rules of the game were invented so many years ago,
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2:19 - 2:23they no longer fit the economic circumstances of the times.
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2:23 - 2:30What we would like to do is update our system,
so that it fits the new technology. -
2:30 - 2:35- Would the election of people with higher moral content solve the problem?
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2:35 - 2:44No, because even if we succeeded
in electing people of unquestionable moral character, -
2:44 - 2:49if we ran out of resources, there would be lying, cheating, stealing, and artificialities.
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2:49 - 2:56It isn't moral character that we need.
It is the intelligent management of the earth's resources. -
2:56 - 3:02The real future depends on our ability to solve scarcity problems,
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3:02 - 3:07overcome those problems through our own creative ingenuity.
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3:07 - 3:14- What is a resource-based economy,
and how does that compare with a monetary-based economy? -
3:14 - 3:18- In a monetary based economy, we use money as a medium of exchange.
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3:18 - 3:23Now, money doesn't represent our capacity to produce.
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3:23 - 3:30It just represents a method designed hundreds of years ago and established within the system.
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3:30 - 3:37In the monetary-based system, it's wealth, property and power, and that is the main directive.
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3:37 - 3:42Now, today we say "How much will it cost?"
That is not really the question. -
3:42 - 3:47The real question is
"Do we have the resources to build that kind of project?" -
3:47 - 3:51Yes, we do.
"Do we have the money? " No, we don't. -
3:51 - 3:55but we have more than enough resources available
to build anything we want to build. -
3:55 - 3:59If you have difficulty with that, consider this:
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3:59 - 4:02Suppose all the money in the world disappeared tomorrow morning.
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4:02 - 4:08As long as there are farms, water, building materials, we can build anything we want to build.
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4:08 - 4:12It isn't money that people need; it's access to resources.
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4:12 - 4:19In other words, it was necessary, a hundred years ago,
to use a monetary system for the distribution of products. -
4:19 - 4:26Today, we have the technology to make those things available. What are we chiseling off each other for?
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4:26 - 4:34A resource-based economic system does not use money, barter, trade, or any of the older systems that were prevalent.
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4:34 - 4:41It's based on designing a culture that fits in with the carrying capacity of the world's resources.
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4:41 - 4:45Anything else other than that will not work.
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4:45 - 4:53It's like sending people to the moon without water, without food, operating on the assumption that the moon will provide.
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4:53 - 4:59It has to be based... All science and technology must be based upon resources.
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4:59 - 5:07Without resources, whatever planning you do,
if you don't have the resources, is invalidated. -
5:07 - 5:13So, the resources must coincide with the industrial potential.
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5:13 - 5:18- How does that offer a different approach to our society?
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5:18 - 5:21- It would change the basic outlook of people.
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5:21 - 5:30There will be no such thing as unemployment, no such thing as war, no police, no prisons, no banks, no money;
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5:30 - 5:35but people would have access to new housing, education, health care,
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5:35 - 5:41and all of the things we don't have access to today
without putting out a great deal of money. -
5:41 - 5:50- If I read you correctly, no money, no credit, no borrowing, no debt, no bartering?
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5:50 - 5:52Where is the incentive?
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5:52 - 6:00- No war, no territorial disputes,
crime reduction by about 90%, -
6:00 - 6:08the end of fear of economic deprivation
or losing your home -
6:08 - 6:14or illnesses which you can not afford economically to take care of.
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6:14 - 6:19All that comes to an end. If that isn't a good enough incentive, I don't know what is.
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6:19 - 6:26A lot of people are brought up to believe that money
is the driving force that generates incentive. -
6:26 - 6:30It also generates incentive for corruption, embezzlement,
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6:30 - 6:35taking care of your brother-in-law, unfair practices, racial discrimination.
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6:35 - 6:43I'm saying that, yes, money does produce incentive,
but it also produces all the other factors, which are generally left out. -
6:43 - 6:50I would say the people we remember in history are not the people who made a buck or made a lots of money.
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6:50 - 6:58They are people that have given their lives
to benefit the lives of other people without financial gain. -
6:58 - 7:03I'm saying, the real people that we admire
are the people who did public works, -
7:03 - 7:10not because of the monetary incentive. I'm afraid of people that do things for money. I don't feel secure about it.
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7:10 - 7:12- What about 'human nature'?
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7:12 - 7:17I think that environment shapes values and behavior.
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7:17 - 7:23Genetics, to a certain extent, set the propensity,
but they do not give us a value system. -
7:23 - 7:31Genetics is not responsible for greed, bigotry,
racism, prejudice. All that is learned. -
7:31 - 7:37If you don't alter the condition that generates that,
I don't see a solution. -
7:37 - 7:45What The Venus Project advocates is the redesign of our culture, so that those conditions no longer exist.
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7:45 - 7:49- What about scarcity? Can that be eliminated?
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7:49 - 7:56Do we have enough resources
to satisfy the growing population in the world? -
7:56 - 8:04Yes, today we have more than enough, and it is incontestably proven that we have more than enough.
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8:04 - 8:08It's just that the ways we manage our resources are wasteful.
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8:08 - 8:14We change the design of automobiles every year,
so people will buy new cars. -
8:14 - 8:23We change the spring fashion, the fall fashion, the winter fashion, so you will buy things and constantly be involved in purchasing things.
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8:23 - 8:31So, we will engineer, innovate, and make newer things
designed not to wear out and break down -
8:31 - 8:35- What does The Venus Project represent?
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8:35 - 8:38One world working in one direction,
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8:38 - 8:45the intelligent management of resources, and upgrading the standard of living for all the world's people
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8:45 - 8:49with profits to none and service to everyone.
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8:49 - 8:53- So how do you envision a transition into this type of system?
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8:53 - 8:59If you keep bringing in machines and replacing human beings,
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8:59 - 9:06the majority of people throughout the world will not have the purchasing power to buy goods or services.
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9:06 - 9:10This will bring an end to the old monetary system.
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9:10 - 9:17I would see economic collapse as the only system that would bring people around to say:
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9:17 - 9:27"Gee, I see that the people I've elected into political office are not competent enough to get us out of this problem,"
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9:27 - 9:31and they will be looking for other possible alternatives.
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9:31 - 9:36The more people know about it, the more likely that it may be installed.
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9:36 - 9:44The Venus Project does not say "This is what the future will be." All it says is "This is what the future can be.
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9:44 - 9:47And that is what The Venus Project has to offer:
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9:47 - 9:54the methodology of how to achieve a higher standard of living for all the world's people
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9:54 - 10:04without the creation of the uniformity or standardization, or subservience to an elite form that manages government.
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10:04 - 10:09- What problems stand in the way
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10:09 - 10:14- Traditions, habits, indoctrination, propaganda.
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10:14 - 10:18We are all propagandized to accept our system as the best system.
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10:18 - 10:27We are all given stories about the culture, our cultural history, and which has left out the detrimental aspects.
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10:27 - 10:34All societies tend to support the dominant values of that society.
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10:34 - 10:37There is no such thing as an 'objective society'.
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10:37 - 10:40If there were,
you couldn't have German scientists, -
10:40 - 10:48American scientists, British scientists, Dutch scientists, French scientists working in serving their government.
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10:48 - 10:55Real science has no allegiance to government.
It only has allegiance to methodology. -
10:55 - 11:02So, this is not a loyalty to the Fresco system,
or loyalty to The Venus Project. I'd be against that. -
11:02 - 11:06You have loyalty to the Earth and all the people that live on it.
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11:11 - 11:14- Who decides what the future will be?
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11:14 - 11:17- I don't think anyone ought to decide what the future will be,
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11:17 - 11:24but we ought to decide where we wish to go
and what kind of world we wish to live in, -
11:24 - 11:30and do we have the facilities and resources to build such a world?
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11:30 - 11:36he answer to that is "Yes, we do have the ability and resources to build such a world."
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11:36 - 11:44There is no way for you to make it on your own.
Either we think globally or we perish individually. -
11:49 - 11:52We Welcome your criticism of The Venus Project
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11:52 - 11:57We welcome the participation of everybody and the contributions.
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11:57 - 12:04We have no idea of what the ideal society would be,
nor do we entertain such views as Utopia. -
12:04 - 12:12We feel that all systems will constantly change to whatever conditions are necessary to fit the needs of the times.
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12:12 - 12:20We have no fixed blueprints, so we invite participation,
and we invite recommended changes -
12:20 - 12:26because the history of civilization is the story of change.
- Title:
- JACQUE FRESCO - A Story of Change
- Description:
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"Every action and decision we take - or don't - ripples into the future. For the first time we have the capability, the technology, and the knowledge to direct these ripples." Jacque Fresco
CREDITS
MUSIC: Protect Life, Human Nature, Koolen, Leelo - Eric Serra
NARRATION: A conversation with Jacque FrescoSamsara - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara_(pel%C3%ADcula_de_2011)
BBC Human Planet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Pl...
Baraka - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_(...)
No Church In The Wild - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJt7gN...
Home - http://www.homethemovie.org/
Overview - overviewthemovie.com/
BBC How Big is The Universe - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Horizon_episodes
Mindrelic Manhattan in Motion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SsSAaJ6BII
Productivity Future Vision - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cNdhOKwi0
Microsoft's Concept of How 2019 Will Look Like - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwj2s_5e12U
Water in the Anthropocene - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imcc-zL2tMo
Occupy The Movie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5afs537FR0
Phonebloks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAw7vW7H0c
Planet Ocean - http://www.homethemovie.org/en/informations-sur-yann-arthus-bertrand/planet-ocean
A Behind the Scenes Look: How we make our products - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvf29R7nXlM
Huge turnout at Egypt's Presidential Palace protest - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RICPpNyubjI
Paradise or Oblivion - http://www.paradiseoroblivion.com/
Zeitgeist Summary -
Mahatma Gandhi Interview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Wd_a00SAE
Chinese Lanterns above Poznan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FezGTG...
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