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Designing the Future

Jacque Fresco

Copyright 2007 ▪ Jacque Fresco & Roxanne Meadows

SPECIAL THANKS TO Roxanne Meadows Bob Schilling Steve Doll

PRODUCTION CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT NOTICES All Designs Models Drawings Photography Animation Illustrations Jacque Fresco Jacque Fresco & Roxanne Meadows Jacque Fresco & Roxanne Meadows Jacque Fresco & Roxanne Meadows Doug Drexler

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from The Venus Project, Inc. except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. All rights reserved. The copyrights of all text and pictures in this book and the designs and illustrations in the FUTURE BY DESIGN 2-Disc Collector’s Edition DVD are held by Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows unless stated otherwise. The Venus Project, Inc 21 Valley Lane Venus, FL 33960 USA Phone: 863-465-0321 Fax: 863-465-1928 www.TheVenusProject.com fresco@TheVenusProject.com meadows@TheVenusProject.com
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Table of Contents
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Introduction A Future by Design Your Challenge Chapter One From Yesterday to Tomorrow Chapter Two All Things Change Chapter Three Using the Scientific Method Chapter Four Existing Myths Chapter Five From One System to Another Chapter Six Future by Design Chapter Seven Cities That Think Chapter Eight Fear of Machines Chapter Nine Cities in the Sea Chapter Ten Decision Making and Laws Chapter Eleven Lifestyles Conclusion
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INTRODUCTION A Future by Design Are you prepared to design the future? Although many of us feel we can prepare for our future by thinking, acting, and learning using present methods and values, nothing is farther from the truth – especially in today’s rapidly changing world. A newborn child enters a world not of his or her own making. Each succeeding generation inherits the values, accomplishments, hopes, successes, and failings of...