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Jacque Fresco
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American futurist and self-described social engineer
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Jacque Fresco (1916–2017) was an American futurist, designer, writer, and architect. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he resided in Florida until his death in Sebring from Parkinson's disease. A recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Fresco authored several works, including *The Best That Money Can't Buy*, *The Venus Project*, *Looking forward*, *The Determinants of Behavior*, and *Designing the Future*.
Fresco’s writings and ideas are associated with The Venus Project, which maintains an official website. His perspectives included statements that the world's resources should be declared the common heritage of all people and that the involvement of money leads to elitism. He passed away in 2017 due to natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1916
- Works
- 12
Top works
- The Best That Money Can't Buy
- The Venus Project
- Looking forward
- The Determinants of Behavior
- Designing the Future
via Open Library + Wikidata
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
via TMDB
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 7,422x
- The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework
· 1988 · cited 2,575x
- Structure of the MDM2 Oncoprotein Bound to the p53 Tumor Suppressor Transactivation Domain
· 1996 · cited 1,933x
- The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
· 2016 · cited 1,267x
- Survival and recurrence after concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer of the uterine cervix: a systematic review and meta-analysis
· 2001 · cited 915x
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Quotes
- “Although many of us consider ourselves forward-thinkers, we still cling tenaciously to the old values of the monetary system.”
- “Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people.”
- “People will continue to search for answers to universal and perplexing problems. But to find meaningful answers, one must first know what questions to ask.”
- “War represents the supreme failure of nations to resolve their differences. From a strictly pragmatic standpoint, it is the most inefficient waste of lives and resources ever conceived.”
- “We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an integral part of the design.”
- “Whenever money is involved, there is elitism.”
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacque Fresco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.