Jacque Fresco - Social Engineering

The methods used in science need to be used in the management of human affairs -- not politics. Excerpts from interviews for Future by Design Documentary. http://www.fbdthemovie.com/order.html

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• Jacque Fresco
• The Venus Project
• Resource Based Economy
• Sociocyberneering
• Future By Design
• The Best That Money Can't Buy
• Roxanne Meadows

[MsBeiser]

"The management of human affairs, not politics"? Fresco doesn't understand the meaning of the word Politics which is simply 'of or relating to citizens' i.e. the management of human affairs and resources. Idiot.

[jacquefresco]

@MsBeiser In Fresco's system, Politics is substituted with Sociocyberneering.

[MsBeiser]

@jacquefresco That would still be politics though, given the above definition (from the OED), surely? The point is Fresco doesn't understand the meaning of basic terms therefore why the hell should anyone listen to him?

[jacquefresco]

@MsBeiser Technically, Sociocyberneering is a political operation. However, the modern connotation, especially of the popular sense, carries too much baggage. Too many notions of people making decisions, voting, & electing. Fresco wants to get away from those connotations and he condemns the entire notion of politics to do so, even though his own system is a form of politics, technically. But it might as well not be, beings the nature of it is so vastly different than any prior method.

[lugia3]

Yes, I think the internet will be VP's saving grace. There's this thing in Indian called "Hole in the wall computers". This program attracted sooo many Indian slum children to the computers, and they taught themselves English in a matter of months. Books are kinda a thing of the past now, since we got the internet, which helps us transfer information at a much faster rate.

The internet is truly amazing.

[ShittyAccount]

@MillionthUsername The Venus Project is not communism. It does not use money, army, prisons, politicians...

[IAM18YEARSOLDANDOVER]

@MsBeiser Stop trolling.

[jacquefresco]

@MsBeiser No, he rejects politics as such, though he does attack particular ways of doing politics for the sake of giving examples.

[jacquefresco]

@MsBeiser As Jack Catran once said, "To solve the riddle of Jacque Fresco was a thorn and a challenge, for he could be both a dreamer and a realist, stubborn to the point of obstinacy and suddenly generously tolerant. And his naivete was as frightening as his genius was praiseworthy."

[jacquefresco]

@MsBeiser ...scholasticists that masquerade as scholars. Fresco is not the product of today's modalities. He must be understood on the basis of his own generation - his background - the factors that produced him. After such a concession is made, you see that he does offer quite interesting insights when understood in his terms and from the perspective of his time.

[jacquefresco]

@MsBeiser ...Yes, Fresco is disorganized in his presentation of ideas. He is not systematic nor is he academic. In fact, he exemplifies philosophers of the past, many of which were neither systematic, organized, nor academic. What you see is the result of an iconoclastic life that has afforded him rare insights and a genuine vision, a genuineness seldom seen in modern times. Seldom due to the regimented academic process that produces sophists, philodoxers, and scholasticists...

[jacquefresco]

@MsBeiser Regarding what Fresco has offered us. Fresco has offered us novelty in the areas of futurism, utopian thinking, and social theory. In this world, where every book is judged by its cover or back cover summary, it is easy and convenient to dismiss concepts that bare the slightest resemblance to something stigmatized or discredited without closer inspection. Once you understand the sumtotal of Fresco's ideas you realize he has overcome where many others have fallen short. Yes...

[jacquefresco]

@MsBeiser What I meant to say, was one who hasn't thoroughly examined all of Fresco's views. A few clips on the internet is insufficient, unless your case is otherwise. The donations are to make a film. Thousands of filmmakers are doing this all across the world. Quit demonizing Fresco for utilizing a common strategy.