Jacque Fresco
Sign in to saveAmerican futurist and self-described social engineer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1916
- Died
- 2017-05-18
- Works
- 12
Top works
- The Best That Money Can't Buy
- The Venus Project
- Looking forward
- The Determinants of Behavior
- Designing the Future
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Film & TV
Acting · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Jacque Fresco is a self-educated social engineer, industrial designer, author, lecturer, futurist, inventor, and the creator of The Venus Project. Fresco has worked as both designer and inventor in a wide range of fields spanning biomedical innovations and integrated social systems. He believes his ideas would maximally benefit the greatest number of people and he states some of his influence…
Known for
- Immortality or Bust — Self2020
- The Choice Is Ours — himself2015
- Paradise or Oblivion — Himself2012
- The Reality of Me — Self2012
- Future My Love — Himself2012
- Zeitgeist: Moving Forward — Himself2011
- Zeitgeist: Addendum — Self2008
- Ottica Zero2007
- Future by Design — Himself2006
- Engineering The Impossible — Himself2002
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 104
- Total plays
- 461
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- On the nature of allosteric transitions: A plausible model
· 1965 · cited 7,381x
- The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework
· 1988 · cited 2,511x
- Structure of the MDM2 Oncoprotein Bound to the p53 Tumor Suppressor Transactivation Domain
· 1996 · cited 1,919x
- The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
· 2016 · cited 1,246x
- Survival and recurrence after concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer of the uterine cervix: a systematic review and meta-analysis
· 2001 · cited 913x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1916-03-13 ) March 13, 1916, Manhattan , New York, U.S.
- Died
- May 18, 2017 (2017-05-18) (aged 101), Sebring, Florida , U.S.
- Occupations
- Futurist , social engineer , structural engineer , architectural designer , industrial designer , author , lecturer
- Known for
- The Venus Project and later career, resource-based economy ideas.
- Notable work
- Looking Forward (1969), The Best That Money Can't Buy (2002)
- Website
- www .thevenusproject .com
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Key dates
- Born
- 13 March 1916
- Died
- 18 May 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Sebring
- Occupation
- industrial designer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.thevenusproject.com
- Image
- Jacque Fresco and lemon tree (cropped).jpg
Article
Jacque Fresco (March 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017) was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design.
Fresco wrote and lectured his views on sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource management, cybernetic technology, automation, and the role of science in society. He directed The Venus Project and advocated global implementation of a socioeconomic system which he referred to as a "resource-based economy".
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