THE VENUS PROJECT - A NEW WORLD SYSTEM | Full Documentary

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摘要

TLDRThis presentation critiques the fundamental flaws of a materialistic society rooted in money, arguing that our social structures are obsolete and insufficient. It highlights the consequences of war, poverty, and environmental degradation while proposing the Venus Project as a solution. The Project advocates a resource-based economy that eliminates scarcity by using technology to manage resources for the well-being of all. By transforming social and economic systems, it aims to create a peaceful global civilization where human rights and environmental sustainability coexist. The vision outlined seeks to replace profit-driven motives with collaborative efforts for a better future, emphasizing that true civilization requires a collective commitment to the planet and its inhabitants.

心得

  • 🌍 Our current society is based on outdated monetary systems.
  • ⚠️ War and poverty are consequences of economic disparity.
  • 💡 The Venus Project proposes a redesign of culture focused on sustainability.
  • 🤝 A resource-based economy eliminates the need for money and promotes abundance.
  • 🌱 Technology can help in managing resources effectively for everyone's benefit.
  • 📈 Social and environmental problems stem from a few nations controlling resources.
  • 🌊 The future requires global cooperation and shared heritage.
  • 🚫 Profits from war contribute to ongoing violence and suffering.
  • 🔄 We can automate production to ensure abundance and reduce labor burdens.
  • 🌐 Everyone deserves access to resources without the constraints of money.

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    The current economic and materialistic society is deemed false and unsustainable, with a call for an entirely new system that harmonizes technology and nature for human benefit.

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    Experiencing the consequences of the Great Depression sparked a social consciousness about how society operates, revealing that abundance exists in resources but not in access. The existing rules seem outdated, leading to exploration for systemic change toward a peaceful civilization.

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    The Venus Project is introduced as a comprehensive plan for social reform, advocating for a culture redesign that eliminates war, poverty, and suffering as unacceptable, urging a shift from current outdated systems to a more equitable and sustainable future.

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    The problems of today stem from obsolete systems that prioritize profit over human well-being, leading to ongoing issues like poverty and resource scarcity. Acknowledging this, the proposal is for a new set of values that lead to a sustainable society, contrasting outdated views with the emergence of a new societal framework.

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    Existing economic systems (capitalism, socialism, etc.) have not resolved issues of elitism, scarcity, or conflict. The societal obsession with competition and profit leads to violence and war, inefficient allocation of resources, and ignores the root causes of global problems, emphasizing the need for radical change.

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    The interconnectedness of social violence via poverty, homelessness, and war are presented as myths perpetuated to sustain the status quo, urging a new understanding of human behavior as shaped by culture rather than biology, emphasizing education and systemic change as key to societal improvement.

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    Numerous laws exist but fail to address the root causes of societal problems. Real change requires an intelligent management of resources rather than a reliance on outdated laws. Human behavior and societal dynamics are influenced more by environmental factors than by legislation.

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    The concept of planned obsolescence in our economy leads to wastefulness and environmental degradation. The current monetary system, which lacks intrinsic value, needs a complete redesign, focusing on resource availability rather than an outdated wealth-based paradigm.

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    A resource-based economy proposed by Jack Fresco suggests abundance for all without the constraints of money or servitude, emphasizing the requirement for intelligent management of resources to create a better, advanced civilization where everyone thrives.

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视频问答

  • What is the Venus Project?

    The Venus Project is a vision for a sustainable global civilization where resources are managed without money, aiming to eliminate scarcity and human suffering.

  • Who founded the Venus Project?

    Jacque Fresco founded the Venus Project.

  • What are the main issues highlighted in the talk?

    The talk critiques war, poverty, hunger, and environmental degradation as results of outdated societal structures driven by monetary systems.

  • What is a resource-based economy?

    A resource-based economy is a socioeconomic system where all goods and services are available to everyone without the use of money, barter, or debt.

  • How does technology play a role in this new system?

    Technology is used to manage resources efficiently, ensuring abundance and sustainability without the pitfalls of scarcity.

  • What would happen to individual incentives in a resource-based economy?

    People would still pursue their passions and challenges, as fulfillment comes from meaningful work and creativity rather than financial gain.

  • What does the talk propose for addressing global issues?

    It suggests that to solve current problems, society must redesign its values and infrastructure based on resource availability and environmental respect.

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    the entire money structured and
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    materialistic oriented Society is a
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    false Society our society will go down
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    in history as the lowest development in
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    man we have the brains the knowhow the
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    technology and the feasibility to build
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    an entirely new system
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    civilization it was living through the
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    1929 Great Depression that helped shape
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    my social
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    conscience during this time I realized
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    the Earth was still the same Place
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    manufacturing plants were still intact
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    and resources were still there but
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    people didn't have the money to buy the
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    products I felt the rules of the game we
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    play by were Obsolete and
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    insufficient misery suffering and War
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    provided the incentive for my life's
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    work I was also motivated by the seeming
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    incompetence of governments the academic
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    world and the lack of solutions offered
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    by
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    scientists I realized instead of working
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    with individuals a more effective method
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    would be to redesign the
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    culture this began a lifelong quest to
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    finding solutions to the many problems
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    that we have
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    today
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    this presentation is a feasible plan for
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    social change that works toward a
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    peaceful and sustainable Global
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    civilization where human beings
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    technology and nature
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    coexist it outlines an alternative to
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    strive for where human rights are not
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    only paper
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    proclamations but a way of
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    life
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    it is called the Venus
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    Project its founder jock Fresco calls
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    for a straightforward redesign of the
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    culture in which war poverty hunger debt
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    and unnecessary human suffering are
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    viewed not only as avoidable but totally
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    unacceptable it is becoming increasing
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    ly obvious that anything less will
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    simply result in a continuation of the
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    same problems we face
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    today the Venus projects Research
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    Center constructed by Fresco and roxand
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    Meadows is located in Venus
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    Florida IT addresses many of the root
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    causes of our
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    difficulties but what are the real
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    origins of our
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    problems at present we are left with
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    very few Alternatives since we're on a
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    collision course of our own making
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    answers from yesterday are no longer
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    relevant considering the damage already
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    done to the environment we are rapidly
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    approaching a point of no return where
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    nature will dictate the
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    course either we continue as we have
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    with outmoded social customs and habits
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    of thought thereby threatening our
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    future or we apply a more appropriate
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    set of values relevant to a sustainable
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    Society with more opportunity and
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    freedoms Americans have been conditioned
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    in in their kind of society to get a
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    different kind of car next year to buy a
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    new television set or a tape recorder we
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    are radical as hell but our political
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    and social institutions have not change
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    and this is where we are stagnating
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    because we always equate equate any new
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    idea with with Communism or
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    regimentation because we've been brought
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    up to fear that which is
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    new none of the world's economic systems
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    socialism communism fascism or the free
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    enterprise system have eliminated the
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    problems of elitism nationalism racism
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    and most of all
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    scarcity these are all based primarily
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    on economic
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    disparity when money is used to regulate
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    and distribute resources for profit and
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    people and nations are out for
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    themselves they will seek Advantage at
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    any cost they do this by maintaining a
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    Competitive Edge or through military
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    intervention War represents the Supreme
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    failure of Nations to resolve their
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    differences from a strictly pragmatic
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    standpoint it is the most inefficient
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    waste of lives and resources ever
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    conceived most wars are for the control
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    of resources and maintaining your
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    position of differential Advantage
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    they're not based on the Dignity of man
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    they're not based on elevating human
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    beings it might Elevate the human beings
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    in the country that's the Victor it
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    might do that but for the As far as the
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    rest of the world goes the price is
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    enormous this crude and violent attempt
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    to resolve International differences
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    takes on even more ominous overtones
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    with the Advent of computerized nuclear
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    Delivery Systems and deadly biological
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    and chemical
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    weapons yet it is a windfall
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    money-making opportunity for those who
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    profit by the military industrial
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    complex if the profit were taken out of
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    Wars do you really believe we would have
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    them
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    if they draft you into the army to serve
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    this country you put up your life for
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    this country they should draft all the
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    War Industries every Cannon maker
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    machine gun maker automobiles Jeeps
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    warships all drafted so on the same
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    basis of pay as the
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    Army then it's real but if you make
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    millions selling warships machine guns
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    to the Army then it's corrupt I would if
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    I had my way if we had millions of men
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    in the Army I sent them to school to
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    become problem solvers how to get along
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    with other nations that's what we have
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    to do not kill when soldiers are just
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    killing machines they're trained to
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    kill I would train them to be able to go
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    to Mexico and Bridge the difference and
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    go to the Arab world see if they can
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    Bridge the difference so bring them all
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    together all the
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    Nations war is not the only form of
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    violence imposed upon people there is
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    also hunger poverty homelessness and
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    unemployment the acceptance of these
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    conditions as expressive of human nature
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    is a myth used to keep things as they
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    are
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    genetics has nothing to do with greed
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    business race Prejudice all of the
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    operate systems in any society are part
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    of your education the books you read the
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    role models you follow and the people
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    you admire the genes have nothing to do
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    except with the color of your eyes the
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    shape of your nose perhaps inherited
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    features the genes do not control that
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    values and even if you born with a much
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    better brain than another person meaning
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    better receptors the quality of the
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    tissue is better I would say that if you
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    have a better brain and you live in a
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    fascist country you become a fascist
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    faster the brain has no mechanism of
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    discrimination the brain can't tell you
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    what is relevant or less relevant except
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    experience we are not born with greed
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    Envy hatred or
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    bigotry our behavior and values are
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    reflective of the culture we are exposed
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    to if you were raised by the head
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    hunters of the Amazon you'd be a Head
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    Hunter and if I said to you doesn't it
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    bother you to have five shrunken heads
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    he said say yes my brother has
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    20 so is he not no that's normal to his
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    culture social and environmental
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    problems will remain insurmountable as
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    long as few Nations control most of the
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    Earth's resources and the bottom line is
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    profit over the well-being of people
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    putting profit first results in
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    unnecessary suffering and aberant
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    behavior prevalent today
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    many people feel that we need the rule
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    of law to eliminate our problems we have
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    many laws thousands upon thousands of
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    them but they are constantly being
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    broken paper proclamations and treaties
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    do not alter the facts of scarcity
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    deprivation and
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    insecurity You can predict the shape of
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    the future and the values if you know
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    the trends of events and the ocean
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    pollution the scarcity of arable land if
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    you watch that degrading system grow I
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    can predict the riots and killing and
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    assassination in other words human
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    behavior is really generated by the
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    surrounding environment if there's a
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    scarcity say of water it is priced and
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    its price is high let's discuss scarcity
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    as a system system suppose it rained
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    gold for about 3 days Gold Dust people
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    would go out and shovel it in fill the
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    cellers the attic every drawer that they
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    throw out that clothing if the rain kept
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    up for a year so that gold was all over
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    the place people would sweep it out of
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    the house take their rings off throw
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    them away and so human behavior under
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    goes change to that condition there's
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    only a a policeman in front of something
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    that people have need for and don't
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    don't have access to so you put a guard
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    there but if lemon trees or orange trees
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    and apple trees grew all over the place
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    you couldn't sell it if you landed on an
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    island that was so abundant with
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    resources you had 10 people there were a
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    th000 fish for every person if you
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    wanted it there were 10 times the amount
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    of bread fruit and bananas money would
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    not come into existence private property
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    would not come into existence if the
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    island was big enough there was 10
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    people there was 8,000 acers no one
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    would give a damn about staking out this
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    particular
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    area there are patterns of behavior that
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    promote survival there are social
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    conditions that change our values and
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    Outlook no one can write a constitution
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    of required Behavior without consulting
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    the
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    environment so we better take care of
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    the environment we'd better take care of
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    one another and we'd better educate
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    people to the high highest possible
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    levels of our ability in order to have a
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    society even a peace treaty cannot
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    prevent Another War if the underlying
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    causes are not dealt
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    with maybe what is needed are ethical
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    people in government who will work
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    towards everyone's
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    well-being but even if the most ethical
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    people were elected to high positions
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    and we ran out of resources there would
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    still be lying cheating stealing and
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    Corruption it's not ethical people that
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    are needed but rather a way of
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    intelligently managing the Earth's
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    resources for everyone's
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    well-being let's examine our social
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    Arrangements
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    further to maintain our economy product
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    must continuously be
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    sold to assure this they are
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    deliberately designed to wear out and
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    break
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    down maybe you've noticed this usually
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    happens right after the warranty
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    expires this corrupt practice is
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    referred to as planned
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    obsolescence which is the conscious
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    withdrawal of
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    efficiency innovators go through the
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    finest schools and then are required to
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    design things that wear out and break
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    down right on
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    schedule this results in a tremendous
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    waste of resources and
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    energy we are plundering the planet for
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    profits if you think about it it isn't a
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    job people want but access to what their
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    paycheck will bring
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    money does not represent anything real
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    and there's no gold silver or resource
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    to back it
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    up you can't eat money or build a house
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    of it it's not even related to our real
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    capacity to produce goods and services
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    on this
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    planet the monetary system has been
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    handed down from centuries ago and we
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    continue to use it without
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    questions
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    this system will keep installing more
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    and more automation cutting down on the
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    purchasing power of the majority of
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    people there will come a time it's
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    called The gsan Curve where employment
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    is that production is this and
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    purchasing power is that the system
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    stops Banks fail nothing works anymore
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    we're moving in that direction very
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    rapidly we have finally gotten to a
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    place
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    in 2011 where it's becoming obvious that
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    the machine has beaten the man we're
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    incred we're incredibly productive with
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    far fewer people we are more productive
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    we are more productive as an economy
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    than ever before that means we need more
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    people just that there are fewer jobs
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    the jobs that do exist now can have
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    lower wages because obvious reasons a
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    lot of people looking for small number
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    of jobs the wages go down that has huge
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    impacts on the middle class and ripples
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    out from there
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    we're moving towards social collapse I
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    think this H going to happen all over
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    the world not just here and it doesn't
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    require the overthrow of the government
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    it just requires that you let it alone
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    it'll overthrow itself if you control
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    the media you can calm people down but
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    if the majority keeps getting laid off
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    they don't have purchasing power the
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    system collaps doesn't work anymore they
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    invade it's already happening this
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    country is already insoluble they're
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    going to have difficulty with National
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    Security paying pension people they
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    spend far beyond what they already have
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    now all they can do now is create debt
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    borrow more and more money from from
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    Banks we also want to show you a rather
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    Grim sign of our times it's not far from
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    here in Midtown Manhattan the national
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    debt has grown too large for the
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    national debt clock it went out back in
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    1989 when the nation's debt was less
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    than $3 trillion the debt has been
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    piling up so fast lately they had to
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    drop the dollar sign to make room for an
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    extra digit as the number turned over to
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    more than $1 trillion now and Counting
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    every second a whole new clock with two
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    Extra Spaces will go up next year the
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    federal government is not allowed to
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    print money it's not allowed to lend
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    money or get in the banking business
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    that is a privilege for Bankers only so
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    what the government has to do if they
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    want to build an Air Force say of 2,000
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    planes a month they have to borrow money
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    from a private lending
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    institution sign the dotted line and if
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    the war is lost or failed the burden
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    falls on the public to pay off that
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    debt
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    we find ourselves in our social
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    constructs in a transitional State a
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    matter of social Evolution if we want to
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    make it through these turbulent times we
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    must be able to adapt to
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    change all things change including our
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    social
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    systems Alberton Einstein stated we
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    cannot solve problems by using the same
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    kind of thinking we used when we created
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    them Earth is still abundant with
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    resources our practice of rationing
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    resources through monetary control is no
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    longer relevant and is actually
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    counterproductive to our very
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    survival today we have highly Advanced
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    Technologies but our social and economic
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    system has not kept up with our
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    technological capabilities which could
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    otherwise easily create a world of
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    abundance for all free of servitude and
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    debt how can this be
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    possible there is not enough money to
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    feed or house all people on this planet
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    let alone accomplish these more
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    ambitious
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    ends but Earth has more than enough
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    resources to meet the needs of all
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    people but only if managed intelligently
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    L Jack Fresco envisions a solution that
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    he calls a resource-based economy it is
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    a socioeconomic system in which all
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    goods and services are available to
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    everyone without the use of money barter
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    credit debt or servitude of any kind it
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    is unlike any social system that has
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    gone
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    before Fresco arrived at this direction
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    through 75 years of study and
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    experimental
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    research a resource based economy
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    operates on the basis of available
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    resources and makes those resources
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    available to every human being on Earth
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    free of charge without a price tag so we
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    have today more than enough resources to
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    build a far more advanced Society I'm
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    not talking about limited handouts so
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    people just get by I'm talking about a
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    very Advanced civilization we have the
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    resources we have the technology all we
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    have to do is apply it one of the main
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    aspects of the Venus Project is to
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    eliminate scarcity this is where the
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    technology comes into play because if we
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    set up a resource-based economy and some
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    things are scarce it it won't work if
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    you set up a resource-based economy in a
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    society that has no resources it won't
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    work so today with our technology we can
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    make things available we can eliminate
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    scarcity we can create an abundance as
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    long as we can create that abundance
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    that will eliminate greed and
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    selfishness and a lot of crime and a lot
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    of aberant
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    behavior a social system can be designed
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    so that all can live fully and
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    constructively ly if the powers of
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    Science and Technology are directed
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    toward human and environmental concern
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    and overcoming the artificial scarcities
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    of our debt-based monetary
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    systems all people regardless of
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    political philosophy social Customs or
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    religious differences ultimately depend
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    upon the same resources clean air and
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    water aable
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    Land Medical Care and a relevant
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    education
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    I think if you pledge allegiance to the
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    Earth and everyone on it that' be the
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    way to go for the
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    future the human species is a single
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    family and the world is home to everyone
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    neither Nations nor people can coexist
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    separately any
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    longer no more separate Nations so
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    anyone can go anywhere before the states
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    joined together they used to stake out
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    their territory they used to fight they
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    had militias they would fight this is
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    our territory Oh no you're intruding
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    when all the states joined together the
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    government worked out the lines of the
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    states and they agreed and that was the
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    end of territorial disputes if you on
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    the end of War you must declare the
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    Earth common
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    heritage
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    this has nothing to do with those who
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    want to form an elite world order with
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    themselves and large corporations in
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    control and the rest of the world
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    subservient to them on the contrary a
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    global resource-based economy enables
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    all people to reach their Highest
  • 00:23:47
    Potential where they can Thrive and grow
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    in a society that works in their behalf
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    a society that protects and preserves
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    the environment as well
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    one that understands that we are part of
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    nature not separate from
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    it some question what would happen to
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    incentive if needs were met without our
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    having to work to attain them the
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    question assumes humans have no desires
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    Beyond basic needs if that were true
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    there would be no
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    inventors writers or teachers people
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    work with passion on the things that
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    interest and challenge them let's enable
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    all people to have the opportunity to
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    partake in the greatest challenge one
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    can have improving our world for
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    everyone individuality will be
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    emphasized rather than
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    uniformity this social Arrangement will
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    generate a new incentive system that
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    values the protection of the environment
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    and social concern rather than the
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    shallow self-centered goals of wealth
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    property and
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    power it does not call for uniformity it
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    absolutely calls for diversity the more
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    diverse people are the more
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    individuality so we emphasize
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    individuality creativity innovativeness
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    this is the essentials of the design it
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    is not a group of scientist telling
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    people what to do how to live where to
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    go what to follow motivation and
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    incentive exist when people have
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    meaningful tasks true growth and
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    development occur when people are
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    involved in Creative challenging and
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    constructive
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    Endeavors however motivation and
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    incentive die in The Daily Grind of
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    boring and repetitive jobs required to
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    earn a
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    paycheck if you hand out things to
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    people if you fed them and cloth them
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    and house them free they're not going to
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    work in the morning CU they don't need
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    it they got the housing clothing Motion
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    Pictures and entertainment why why go to
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    work work is painful it's monotonous
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    it's boring in the future if if people
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    have access to all their needs but they
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    don't have any challenges this is where
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    it goes to part so people constantly are
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    challenged by new things in our schools
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    we challenge them with many things that
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    are unsolved and many unresolved
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    problems if you're wellfed well clothed
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    that doesn't stop your brain from
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    working that would mean that every
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    millionaire does nothing it's turned off
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    cuz you got all the means that's not
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    true there are many millionaires that
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    work 18 hours a day and don't have
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    enough time it has to do with your
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    background and your education the more
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    you know about oceanography astronomy
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    and all that the more interest The More
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    Alive you are and if you're just given
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    food clothing and shelter now you can go
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    to work you don't have to worry about
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    making a living which your incentive
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    would be boosted considerably so I call
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    all that a new and Innovative incentive
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    system uh it's not monetary oriented
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    it's problem solving oriented and you
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    get your kicks and a seeing the world
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    become a better
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    place how can we use our technology
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    wisely so that there is more than enough
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    for
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    everyone to achieve this it's man
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    mandatory that the planning for it be
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    based on the carrying capacity of the
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    planet's
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    resources our entire infrastructure must
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    be redesigned and operated as coherent
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    integrated total systems this means we
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    must consider our entire Global
  • 00:27:45
    Community as one unit that includes
  • 00:27:47
    everyone and plan accordingly only in
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    this way can we use our technology to
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    overcome resource shortages provide
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    Universal abundance and protect the
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    environment therefore a global survey is
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    first needed to assess exactly what we
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    have this would inventory our physical
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    Resources Personnel production centers
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    and the needs of
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    people this enables us to determine the
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    amount of goods and services needed for
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    instance where is the arable land to
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    grow crops how many people are in
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    various locations and what is the state
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    of their health this would determine
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    where hospitals are built and how
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    many if you try to do that today ask for
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    Global resource survey of all Nations
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    they'd wonder what are you trying to do
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    that for to find if we got enough
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    resource to fight you in armaments and
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    other things they would be skeptical
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    hesitant to give that information so I
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    would say it wouldn't work in today's
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    culture but after the ideas are put
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    forth and the reason for and the
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    advantages gained by all the nations it
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    would have to be specific advantages
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    that they can understand in their terms
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    and if they agree then the survey would
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    be conducted it's not my opinion or the
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    opinion of anyone else would the use
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    it's the size of the population the
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    availability of resources the carrying
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    capacity of the earth that determines
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    what is done and how fast things move
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    see today it's done on a totally
  • 00:29:26
    different basis but in the future it'll
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    all be based on a form of dynamic
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    equilibrium that means operating
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    everything at The Highest Potential
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    without environmental
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    neglect the key to achieving abundance
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    and a high standard of living for all is
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    to automate as much as possible in the
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    shortest period of
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    time but during the transition we have
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    to bring together the the technological
  • 00:29:58
    capabilities of people working with
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    computers and working with technology
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    and building and designing methods of
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    delivering these resources and the
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    necessary industrial plants to process
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    the
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    resources our problems and their
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    Solutions are technical not political
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    most problems can be solved when
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    technology and the methods of science
  • 00:30:24
    are used to serve all people not just a
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    select
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    few but what is it that you want you
  • 00:30:31
    have to ask yourself I want to live in a
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    world where I don't have to fear that my
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    children will go into another War where
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    there'll be deprivation or problems or
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    disease do you know how to build that
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    kind of world no I don't or how do you
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    go about bu you call upon the various
  • 00:30:47
    divisions of science bring them together
  • 00:30:50
    and say these are the problems we'd like
  • 00:30:52
    to solve a scientific government doesn't
  • 00:30:54
    mean that scientists rule or control
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    people
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    it means they have better means for
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    building Transportation Systems better
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    means for cleaning the air they have the
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    best means for restoring the ocean that
  • 00:31:06
    we know of to this
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    [Music]
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    day computers can serve the needs of
  • 00:31:14
    everyone when cyber nation is ultimately
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    integrated into all aspects of this new
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    and dynamic
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    culture one can think of this as an
  • 00:31:23
    electronic nervous system extending into
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    all areas of the social
  • 00:31:29
    complex their function would be to
  • 00:31:31
    coordinate a balance between production
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    and distribution assuring there are no
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    shortages or
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    overruns in this highly technical
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    Society decisions are based on Direct
  • 00:31:43
    environmental human and Industrial
  • 00:31:46
    feedback you can think of this as
  • 00:31:48
    electrical sensors throughout the entire
  • 00:31:51
    environment from cities factories
  • 00:31:54
    warehouses distribution centers
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    transportation networks all over the
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    globe Gathering data for more
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    appropriate decisions the decisions are
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    based on the needs of society rather
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    than corporate or private
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    interests it is not automated technology
  • 00:32:13
    or machines we should be aware of but
  • 00:32:15
    the abuse and misuse of Technology by
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    selfish interests remember it is people
  • 00:32:21
    who decide what ends the machines will
  • 00:32:24
    serve if technology does not liberate
  • 00:32:26
    all people for the pursuit of higher
  • 00:32:28
    aspirations in human achievement then
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    all its technological potential will be
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    meaningless you always do a positive and
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    negative study before you engage in the
  • 00:32:40
    actual reconstruction of an
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    environment it's all just talk unless
  • 00:32:53
    there is a technical plan to organize
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    and use resources to accomplish
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    abundance what follows are some of the
  • 00:33:02
    many approaches the Venus Project
  • 00:33:04
    provides for the entire social
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    Spectrum today more than half our
  • 00:33:15
    population lives in cities that are
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    polluted dangerous and waste
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    energy what we have to do is design a
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    city as a living system as an organism
  • 00:33:26
    as a university that all of the cities
  • 00:33:28
    of the future will be University cities
  • 00:33:30
    that grow that continue to exchange
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    ideas the city will have a built-in
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    transportation system so there are no
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    accidents and no unthought out areas of
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    Technology medicine botany agriculture
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    the total system one planning
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    system it is actually better to build
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    newer cities from the ground up than to
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    restore and maintain old
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    ones Fresco uses a systems approach to
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    designing new cities they're desirable
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    and pleasant places to
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    live the notion that intelligent overall
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    planning implies Mass uniformity is
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    absurd cities would be uniform only to
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    the degree that they would require far
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    less materials save time and
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    energy and be flexible enough to allow
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    for Innovative changes while preserving
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    the local
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    ecology
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    if we design our cities to meet human
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    needs you don't have most of the
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    problems that are prevalent
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    today in the central Dome you have child
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    care schools Dental Care Medical Care in
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    the production and design of the Cities
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    we work out 1/8 of the city system and
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    then we reproduce it instead of have
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    Architects design each building and each
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    structure which is a tremendous waste of
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    energy and
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    talent when working on solving the
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    housing problem for all the world's
  • 00:35:08
    people construction techniques would be
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    vastly different from those employed
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    today extruded and self-erecting
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    structures could revolutionize and speed
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    up construction
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    processes these lightweight durable
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    Apartments could be produced as
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    continuous extrusions and then separated
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    and positioned in place by the mega
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    machines the outer shells of these
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    efficient structures serve as
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    photovoltaic generators and heat
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    concentrators you don't own anything in
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    the society really people don't want
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    money they want access to things when
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    they want it and people in a society of
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    abundance having access to things will
  • 00:35:53
    really no longer begin to store and
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    accumulate things we recycle it update
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    it make it better take the same
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    materials of an old car where it's just
  • 00:36:04
    as much as a new car so there are no old
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    cars old cars mean danger if you drive a
  • 00:36:11
    very expensive car and somebody else
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    drives beat up old car if their brakes
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    fail you may die we don't want any old
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    cars on the highway we don't want
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    anything that breaks down we don't want
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    anything that takes looking after
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    in a resource-based economy people may
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    access whatever products they need
  • 00:36:32
    without the burden of having to purchase
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    maintain or ensure their
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    possessions in this way there is much
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    more to go around for everyone and
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    products are always available when
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    needed anything people may need is
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    available in these outside access
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    domes sculpturing materials musical
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    instruments somewhat like the public
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    Library they can go down and access a
  • 00:36:59
    camera or a bicycle or a wristwatch
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    anything that they need is available
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    without a price tag that would mean we
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    must achieve a level of production
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    that's so high that scarcity no longer
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    exists that will prevent almost all
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    crime so there's no way of segmenting or
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    making this system just or Equitable we
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    have to make a system that assures human
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    rights you know when everybody has free
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    access to goods and services you don't
  • 00:37:31
    have to fight for women's rights or
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    black rights it's an automatic in a
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    society that's set up that way you don't
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    have to make laws don't steal it would
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    bypass that
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    behavior surrounding the central Dome
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    you have the research centers centers
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    that do work that's relevant to the
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    sustainability of the entire Community
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    as we move away away from the research
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    centers we come to the recreational area
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    which has tennis courts and all of the
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    games that people
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    require as we move away from that we
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    come to the residential district there
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    are streams waterfalls Lakes throughout
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    the
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    area
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    we could provide a wide range of unique
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    homes and apartments that can be
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    relatively maintenance-free
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    fireproof and virtually impervious to
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    adverse weather
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    [Music]
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    conditions as we move to the next sector
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    we come to Apartments the reason some
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    people want to live in apartments is
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    because you have drama groups you have
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    gymnasiums Medical Care Dental Care
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    everything everything is built in to the
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    central Towers I feel that in the future
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    people will move away from Individual
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    houses and live in larger
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    complexes as we move outward we come to
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    the indoor agriculture or hydroponic
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    Farms then there's also outdoor
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    agriculture the city would use the best
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    of clean technology in harmony with
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    nature such as wind solar geothermal
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    heat concentrators pazo electric wave
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    temperature differentials ocean thermal
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    vents and much
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    more a major development for generating
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    energy in the future could be the
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    construction of a land bridge or tunnel
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    across the bearing
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    [Music]
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    straight these underwater structures
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    convert a portion of the ocean currents
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    through turbines to generate clean
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    sources of power
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    Power by using these sources of energy
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    we could power the Earth on clean energy
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    and enable all people to enjoy a very
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    high standard of living for thousands of
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    years to
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    come there's no need for the use of
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    polluting hydrocarbons any longer
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    pollution will be a thing of the
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    past all Transportation will be
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    integrated into a worldwide
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    transportation
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    system transportation within cities will
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    be by trans
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    lers City to City travel will be by
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    [Music]
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    monoral maglev trains are utilized for
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    long distance
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    travel to enhance efficiency this
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    high-speed magl train is equipped with
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    removable sections which can be
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    disengaged while the train is in
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    motion aircraft will display a wide
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    range of
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    configurations these VTO aircraft or
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    vertical takeoff and Landing are used to
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    transport passengers and Freight the
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    priority is safety rather than saving
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    money or dealing with the lowest
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    bidder this modular freighter consists
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    of detachable sections that can be
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    rapidly loaded or
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    unloaded the number of sections varies
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    depending on the amount of freight to be
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    delivered when all the sections are
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    connected they can be propelled as a
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    single
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    unit ships can be floating manufacturing
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    plants that produce products while on
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    route to their
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    destinations they can also serve as
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    Education Centers where children and
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    adults travel worldwide obtaining
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    Innovative education not through
  • 00:41:46
    vicarious study but through experiencing
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    and interacting with the real world
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    environment a national transportation
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    system system would include a network of
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    waterways canals and irrigation
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    systems they could serve to minimize the
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    threat of floods and droughts while
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    allowing for the migration of fish
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    provide natural fire breaks emergency
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    water sources fish farms and Recreation
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    areas when we unleash Science and
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    Technology directly into the social
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    system without the restrictions of the
  • 00:42:23
    marketplace finances or p
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    we could achieve a very high standard of
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    living within a very short period of
  • 00:42:31
    time this society would continuously
  • 00:42:34
    improve changing rapidly through new
  • 00:42:37
    technologies inventions and ideas it
  • 00:42:41
    would be an emergent Society rather than
  • 00:42:43
    an established one like we have
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    today imagine living in an extraordinary
  • 00:42:52
    Oceanic City helping to restore the
  • 00:42:55
    ocean environment while eliminating
  • 00:42:56
    land-based population
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    pressures these cities in the sea may
  • 00:43:06
    serve as universities and research
  • 00:43:08
    centers where students study Marine
  • 00:43:13
    Sciences they could be used for ocean
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    farming mariculture and Mining while
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    maintaining a dynamic balance in the
  • 00:43:21
    oceanographic
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    environment self-sufficient IES in the
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    sea vary in design depending on their
  • 00:43:29
    location and
  • 00:43:32
    function this unders sea observation
  • 00:43:34
    station permits people to view marine
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    life in its natural
  • 00:43:40
    habitat these mariculture and sea
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    farming systems cultivate and raise fish
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    along with other forms of marine life to
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    help meet the nutritional needs of the
  • 00:43:49
    world's
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    people these structures would permit the
  • 00:43:53
    free flow of water throughout
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    using technology in this way would make
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    it possible for a global Society to
  • 00:44:03
    achieve social advancement and worldwide
  • 00:44:06
    reconstruction in the shortest time
  • 00:44:10
    possible Utopia if is ever established
  • 00:44:13
    will
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    die will stagnate whereas what I'm
  • 00:44:17
    talking about an evolving culture or an
  • 00:44:21
    emerging culture I have no Notions of a
  • 00:44:24
    perfect Society I don't know what that
  • 00:44:26
    means I know we can do much better than
  • 00:44:28
    what we've got I'm no utopian I'm not a
  • 00:44:32
    a humanist who would like to see
  • 00:44:33
    everybody living in warmth and Harmony I
  • 00:44:36
    know that if we don't live that way
  • 00:44:37
    we'll kill each other and destroy the
  • 00:44:40
    Earth this new lifestyle while providing
  • 00:44:43
    Leisure and Recreation would also
  • 00:44:45
    enhance knowledge and creativity for
  • 00:44:48
    everyone the measure of success would be
  • 00:44:50
    the Fulfillment of one's personal
  • 00:44:52
    interest rather than the acquisition of
  • 00:44:55
    wealth and self-centered
  • 00:44:58
    goals a resource-based economy would not
  • 00:45:01
    only change our environment to make it
  • 00:45:03
    clean efficient and enjoyable but it
  • 00:45:06
    would introduce a new value system
  • 00:45:09
    appropriate to the direction and aims of
  • 00:45:10
    the new Innovative
  • 00:45:13
    approach with education and resources
  • 00:45:15
    made available there would be no limit
  • 00:45:17
    to the human
  • 00:45:19
    potential everyone will have the freedom
  • 00:45:21
    to pursue whatever constructive field of
  • 00:45:23
    endeavor he or she chooses without the
  • 00:45:26
    economic limitations that we face
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    [Music]
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    today we are now at a time when
  • 00:45:35
    decisions must be made if we wish to
  • 00:45:37
    evolve from our present culture of
  • 00:45:40
    scarcity waste and environmental
  • 00:45:44
    destruction to a sustainable Society of
  • 00:45:48
    ecological concern and
  • 00:45:51
    abundance a nation without a vision of
  • 00:45:54
    what the future can be is better bound
  • 00:45:56
    to repeat past errors
  • 00:45:59
    over and over
  • 00:46:03
    again if we say dishonestly that man is
  • 00:46:07
    the highest form of evolution which you
  • 00:46:10
    get in the school man destroys the
  • 00:46:12
    oceans the fish the atmosphere one
  • 00:46:15
    another and man flies over a city
  • 00:46:18
    presses a button and burns everybody in
  • 00:46:21
    the city with nuclear weapons is he the
  • 00:46:23
    highest creation of nature not yet in my
  • 00:46:27
    opinion we've got a long way to go we
  • 00:46:30
    could either develop Paradise on Earth
  • 00:46:32
    or Oblivion wipe ourselves out only the
  • 00:46:36
    future will tell what you do to make the
  • 00:46:42
    future we can create a world where war
  • 00:46:45
    and want are Distant
  • 00:46:48
    Memories when all of Science and
  • 00:46:50
    Technology are used within a global
  • 00:46:53
    resource-based economy for the
  • 00:46:56
    protection of the environment and the
  • 00:46:58
    well-being of
  • 00:46:59
    all only then will we understand what it
  • 00:47:03
    means to be
  • 00:47:05
    truly
  • 00:47:15
    civilized be a part of the growing
  • 00:47:17
    community of people working toward
  • 00:47:19
    making the aims of the Venus Project a
  • 00:47:22
    reality join us in our efforts to bring
  • 00:47:24
    this vision of a positive future to a
  • 00:47:26
    wider audience through the goal of a
  • 00:47:28
    major motion
  • 00:47:31
    picture all of these things can be built
  • 00:47:33
    with what we know today it would take 10
  • 00:47:36
    years to change the surface of the Earth
  • 00:47:38
    to rebuild the world into a second
  • 00:47:40
    Garden of Eden the choice lies with you
  • 00:47:42
    the stupidity of a nuclear arms race the
  • 00:47:45
    development of weapons trying to solve
  • 00:47:47
    your problems politically by electing
  • 00:47:49
    this political party or that political
  • 00:47:51
    party that all politics is immersed in
  • 00:47:54
    corruption let me say it again communism
  • 00:47:56
    socialism fascism the Democrats the
  • 00:47:59
    Liberals there are no negro problems or
  • 00:48:02
    polish problems or Jewish problems or
  • 00:48:04
    Greek problems or women's problems
  • 00:48:06
    they're human
  • 00:48:10
    problems
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