Book Summary - The Network State

“THE CHALLENGES WE FACE TODAY CANNOT BE RESOLVED by antiquated notions and values that are no longer relevant. Unfortunately, we tend to support basic values and traditions that reflect the past without

“OF THE MANY ENTRENCHED BARRIERS TO POSITIVE CHANGE, communication is one of the most intractable. Language has evolved over centuries through ages of scarcity, superstition, and social insufficiency;

“ANY ATTEMPT TO DEPICT THE FUTURE DIRECTION of civilization must include a description of the probable evolution of our culture without embellishment, propaganda, or national interest. We must reexamine

“THE FUTURE IS FLUID. Each act, each decision, and each development creates new possibilities and eliminates others. The future is ours to direct. In the past, change came so slowly that generations saw

Today, overpopulation, lack of energy, pollution, water shortages, economic catastrophe, the spread of uncontrollable diseases, terrorism and military conflicts threaten all of us. People suffered increased

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¿De qué sirve esa noticia? ¿De qué se muere la gente, del "susto" o de un hecho físico, cuantificable, medible y por ende solucionable? ¿Cuándo vamos a empezar a pensar seriamente, a resolver

Full lecture: Fresco discusses how there are no separate sciences - there is only one science. What we need is an integrated system using the methods of science in all areas, including social management.

This month we would like to invite you to a screening of “The Choice is Ours” if you are in the New York area. We are also introducing you to a newly produced video from our archive lectures named

If you have always wanted to attend a Tour/Seminar at The Venus Project center in Venus, Florida, this is a perfect time to do that since we have lowered the price for a limited time. We invite you to

Food and nutrition would be based upon personal preference and if studies indicate that eating living animals are detrimental to health the information would be there for all people. Through time and education

The full lecture is a new addition to the Sociocyberneering Audio Collection, a collection of lectures by Jacque Fresco offered by The Venus Project. The Venus Project provides this audio lecture in three

Not much to update, but that's cuz I caught a cold. Been trying to take it easy and hope it passes soon. We did visit city hall and asked them how we could make this happen without breaking any laws or

Total Enclosure Systems Places with inhospitable conditions such as polar and equatorial regions have prevented us in thoroughly investigating their potential. Total enclosure systems, above ground and

Managed to get the closet under the stairs cleaned out today! Here's what is being added to the toy library... I think that's finally all of it. I moved the pile from our attached garage to the big garage

Circular Cities It would be far easier and would require less energy to build new, efficient cities than to attempt to update and solve the problems of the old ones. We believe that the present state and

Space Space station concept model orbiting earth. Space stations provide the advantages of a gravity-free research environment. They can be entirely automated and self-contained to permit maintenance and

Transportation The Venus Project proposes different transportation solutions for different purposes. The transportation within the city and between cities would be shared between autonomous transveyors,

Our methods of thinking help us choose between formulations, ideas, thoughts, notions, hypotheses and theories. They enable us to decide what is true and what is false. They should also help us pick the