THE GOAL
We intend to restore the fundamental necessities and environmental awareness of the species through the advocation of the most current understandings of who and what we truly are, coupled with how science, nature and technology (rather than religion, politics, and money) hold the keys to our personal growth, not only as individual human beings but as a civilization, both structurally and spiritually.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM
We live in a society that produces scarcity. The consequence of this is that human beings must behave in self-preserving ways, even if it means they have to cheat and steal in order to get what they want. The monetary system REWARDS scarcity, waste, pollution, and overproduction.
WHAT MUST BE DONE
We must begin to transition out of these oppressive ideals and move towards a system which is designed to support human beings...not force them to fight in order to survive. Our current methods of social conduct have proven to have no chance in resolving the problems of environmental destruction, human conflict, poverty, corruption, or any other issue the reduces the possibility of collective human sustainability on our planet. The bottom line is that in order to change things for the better fundamentally, you must begin to address the root causes. We have to start somewhere. The most important step is education.
THE VENUS PROJECT
Consisting of the life work of social engineer Jacque Fresco, The Venus Project constitutes the application of the scientific method for social concern. Through the humane application of Science and Technology to social design and decision-making, we have the means to transform our tribalistic, scarcity driven, corruption filled environment into something exceeding more organized, balanced, humane, sustainable, and productive.
Wow, that video was really interesting. It sheds a new prospective on the natural way of things versus the human creation of things. It is unfortunate though, because these units that humans have created as measuring devices have been around for so long, that they now seem natural; the line becomes extremely blurred. And to continue living the way that humans intend to live - with structure - it seems that these measures must stay intact. However, I do like the explanation of the Great Depression that he included in his lecture. It is ridiculous the ends that people will go to to maintain our humanistic society. That video made it clear that people work, selflessly and mindlessly, for monetary gain, because money is what buys people "stuff." But without the competitiveness and individuality that money forces upon people - that we all need to have our own wealth - we are really preventing a greater wealth amongst our species, so to speak. If you look around at the natural way of creatures, it is the species that they look out for. Yes, they aren't always nurturing of each other, but they don't destroy each other either. It is interesting because, as he pointed out, we have the resources necessary to give everyone "wealth," but it seems that people are trapped by this system to think that wealth is a piece of paper, invented by humans many, many years ago. The hard part is going to be getting people from here to there. This monetary system has been so ingrained in our culture, worldwide, that it seems the only way to change it, is to start over somewhere else with new people, unexposed to this system.
ReplyDeleteIt would be much easier to implement a system with unexposed beings but I believe there will still be the problem with emergence and progression. If this system is changed it will show the the human race as a whole, (the society) can change and evolve socially. This metaphorical bridge will still need to be crossed in order to achieve this social perspective. The next step in our evolution is not physical but social. My favorite part was part was the depression reference as well. There is a small gray area because money was developed as a medium of exchange, but never the less the point still remains. There was not a shortage of food, materials, or anything for that matter. Just a shortage of money, that is simply primitive and embarrassing.
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