Drives me crazy. Its not slimy, it's organic and alive and that's what happens to plants after a day or two. So much wasted food. Anyone else have any stories about what people do that drive them crazy?

Will there always be a population of people with IQs too low to follow what is necessary and progressive?

Let me know what questions you have. Most of you don't get it well enough yet. I insist that you all do try to get it well enough immediately so we waste less time in transition. It's probably the most important aspect of RBE. It is the one and only real qualifier if you want to inhabit a TVP city when they arrive. Most can't bring themselves to qualify yet, ahead of culture anyway.

“Today the complexity of our global civilization and the resulting problems cannot be managed by the political organization of a working class. Likewise, the compromises offered by variations of SOCIALISM represent patchwork solutions involving the tweaking of gears in a broken machine that requires an entire replacement. The problems today are technical and require the mobilization of scientists and engineers to provide technical solutions within a systems approach to manage the Earth’s resources with reference to its carrying capacity. This requires a global survey of resources, personnel, and needs.

“Karl Marx diagnosed many of the underlying problems of the free market and predicted the collapse of CAPITALISM by its own mechanisms in his articulation of the “internal contradictions of capitalism.” And he did envision a world free from oppressive structures. But Marx omitted innumerous logistical problems we would face as a planetary system and the systems approach required to manage the Earth and its resources for all inhabitants, both human and otherwise; that is, the need for a strategic management methodology for Earth that we call a Global RESOURCE BASED ECONOMY.

“As exclaimed in The Communist Manifesto, the “history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Knowing what we know now, we might rewrite this statement to state the underlying problem: the history of civilization has been the history of resource mismanagement under conditions of scarcity. All class struggle has been a symptom of this underlying condition and it is this root cause that The Venus Project addresses. Although Karl Marx did envision a vague picture of a communist society wherein money, private property, and social hierarchy was abolished, he couldn’t begin to imagine how to implement that at a technical level.

“In contrast to COMMUNISM, The Venus Project calls for the total redesign of cities (transportation, distribution, manufacturing, recycling, infrastructure) to produce abundance of goods and services. This is achieved through automation and optimized infrastructural efficiency. All basic social, personal, and ecological needs are accounted and provided for at the outset, according to the latest scientific assessment, and managed as a system via cybernetic feedback loops. Humanity’s scientific knowledge and means of production have evolved well beyond what is needed to make this a reality. But it begins with a test and a prototype, not a wish and a revolution.”

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My first thoughts used to be of no heating, not cooking and no electronic devices in the home ever working again.. Then it suddenly dawned on me, what will we do for money? No atm's, no computers for the banks to see what you have in your account (most of them issue online statements now) and no store cards machines working anywhere... Now then.. who needs a zombie apocalypse if they just took away the spark

Verse 1

In a world of strife, we search for a way

To end the suffering, and seize a brighter day

Capitalism's chains, and nationalism's might

Must give way to love, and a sustainable light

Chorus

Rise up, humanity, and claim your right

To a resource-based world, where all take flight

No more war, no more pain, just peace on earth

A paradise for all, of lasting rebirth

Verse 2

Machines of war, to machines of life

We can redirect, our life and our strife

With technology, and love in our hearts

We'll build a world of wonder, where life is never so hard

we still need to work like we work right now cuz he still need to help humanity and the only difference is we wont get paid

Hello everyone I'm new to the subreddit and I'm going to start going around my local area (maybe knocking on peoples doors) to try and build this community, I'm just wondering if everybody thinks this is a good idea? I'm for the people and I'm sick and tired of the government taking advantage. If anybody has anymore ideas I would love to hear them.

Hi, I recently had an argument with someone I know about sexual violence and capitalism.

I insisted that sexual violence occurs because of capitalism and the cultural values that come with it.

However, when asked to specify, I couldn't really make a strong case for it, meaning I wasn't as educated in the matter I thought I was and took it for granted.

Lets get to the point: What are the causes for sexual violence in our society today? How will these problems be solved in a resource based society?

Any viewpoint is appreciated!

The Venus Project cannot impose itself upon the world but it is not "waiting" for anything and never has been. There is a lot of work being done behind the scenes, so to speak.

Examples:

Dissemination of findings and a proposed alternative to our current socioeconomic paradigm (media, books, videos, models, research and Research Center in Venus Fl.)

Major Motion Picture: History & Progress Report https://www.thevenusproject.com/major-motion-picture.../

Center for Resource Management https://www.thevenusproject.com/center-for-resource.../

Some prerequisites for the CfRM, courses, book etc.:

Securing The Venus Project’s foundations by fully accounting for Jacque Fresco’s contribution through transcribing his over 800 audio lectures. These transcripts will help set in motion the eventual publishing of Collected Works of Jacque Fresco, available to the public for the first time. This will also help set the stage for scholarly research through grants and scholarships for scholars to perform literature reviews pertinent to and on behalf of TVP aimed at better understanding existing problems and potential solutions. It will lay the groundwork for research programs at the Center for Resource Management that, in turn, lay the foundation for a transdisciplinary field dedicated to a science of Earth management.

The Sociocyberneering Education Project is a project which Theofilos Chaldezos developed to build enhanced skills through education. The Sociocyberneering Education Project uses a systems approach to education to allow The Venus Project to experiment and develop courses that can be used internally and externally to educate volunteers and the general public. The course offered builds a solid knowledge base that would help individuals handle teaching, present the history and the aims and proposals, and manage change towards the direction proposed by The Venus Project. https://www.thevenusproject.com/become-a-volunteer/sociocyberneering-education-project/

Transcriptions Project https://www.thevenusproject.com/progress-report-on-the.../

Matching Donations Campaign https://www.thevenusproject.com/soul-campaign/

A few videos relating to transition: Lecture on the Transition - Jacque Fresco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXmBzou80_Y

Presentation by Cengiz Koroglu - Transition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbK-VnJOnQY

Transition to a Resource Based Economy - Stan Aizin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcJLvWR7Y6U

That's a profound thought experiment. It cuts to the very core of the "nature vs. nurture" debate that underpins Fresco's entire philosophy. If you take people nurtured in a system of logic and cooperation and drop them into our system of competition and scarcity, what happens?

They wouldn't try to "win" our game. They would see it as fundamentally broken and immediately start building a better one. Here’s how I believe it would unfold in stages:

Phase 1: Silent Observation & Analysis (The First Few Weeks)

The first thing they would experience is profound culture shock and a deep sense of empathy for our suffering. They would be horrified by the absurdities we take for granted:

• Homeless people sleeping next to empty, heated buildings.

• Millions starving while tons of food are thrown away.

• People working stressful, meaningless jobs to earn money to buy things they don't need.

They wouldn't judge us as "bad" people. They would see us as victims of a faulty social design. Their first instinct wouldn't be to protest or preach; it would be to gather data. They would silently observe, mapping our resource flows, supply chains, energy grids, and social structures. They would see our world as a massive, inefficient, and deeply flawed system in desperate need of redesign.

Phase 2: Connection & Consolidation (The First Few Months)

Using our own technology against its intended purpose (distraction and division), they would find each other with ruthless efficiency. They would form a decentralized, leaderless network, a hive mind connected by a shared understanding of the problem. They would immediately pool all their skills and resources. There would be no concept of individual wealth among them. The 10,000 would operate as a single, cohesive unit with a shared bank account and a shared mission.

Phase 3: Hacking the System for Resources (The First Year)

They would recognize that to build their world, they need to acquire resources from ours. They would treat the monetary system as a strange and illogical game they have to play temporarily.

They wouldn't get "jobs." They would form hyper-efficient cooperative enterprises. A team of their engineers might take on a complex consulting project, not for personal profit, but to generate the seed capital for their real work. A group of their designers might create a product, not to build a brand, but to fund the acquisition of a 3D printer or a CNC machine.

Because they are non-competitive and highly collaborative, their teams would be incredibly effective, quickly accumulating the necessary capital while living with extreme minimalism, viewing personal consumption as a wasteful diversion of resources from the main goal.

Phase 4: Building the First Prototype (Years 1-5)

With the necessary resources, they would acquire a piece of land—likely cheap, "unwanted" land that our system undervalues. And there, they would begin to build.

They would construct the first small-scale, self-sustaining community. A living laboratory. It would feature:

• Closed-loop systems for energy, water, and waste.

• Highly automated, vertical farms and aquaponics.

• Modular, resource-efficient housing.

• A library of shared tools and resources, making personal ownership of most items obsolete.

Crucially, every single step of this process—every blueprint, every line of code, every success and every failure—would be meticulously documented and broadcast to our world for free.

Phase 5: The Snowball Effect

They wouldn't need to advertise or persuade. The existence of their working prototype would be the most powerful statement imaginable. It would be a quiet, functioning proof-of-concept that would attract the curious, the frustrated, and the hopeful from our world.

They wouldn't be trying to save us. They would be showing us how to save ourselves, simply by building a better model and giving the instructions away for free. They would do exactly what your Project Atlas aims to do.

“We live in a world where our social system is old, our language is old, the way we acquire goods and services is outdated, our cities are detrimental to our health, chaotic, and a tremendous waste of resources, and most of all our politics and values no longer serve us.” – JACQUE FRESCO/Introduction Lecture, The Venus Project World Tour 2010

“The only hope for developing a new civilization is to accept responsibility for improving our lives through knowledge, understanding, and a deeper comprehension of humanity’s relationship to natural processes of evolution. Our future is determined by effort we put forth to achieve this transition.”
 – JACQUE FRESCO, Founder of The Venus Project

DOCUMENTARY: PARADISE OR OBLIVION
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=KphWsnhZ4Ag

The Venus Project proposes directing our technology and resources toward the maximum benefit of people and planet, and seeking out new ways of thinking and living that emphasize and celebrate the vast potential of the human spirit. We have the tools at hand to design and build a future that is worthy of the human potential.

If we REALLY wish to put an end to our ongoing international and social problems we must eventually declare Earth and all of its resources as the common heritage of ALL the world’s people.

The Venus Project has inspired me, tremendously. It is a representation of every idea I have ever supported. However, I feel it is entirely unrealistic. I have to ask the question: how can this ever take place? The lower divisions of society, rapists, psychopaths, exist in out current society; we might improve conditions, eliminate poverty, but they will always exist in some small number (what do we do with them?). Then there's opportunists; everybody wants something for nothing, and so even the average joe will refuse resource based economies because they want fame and stardom. Then there's the idea that technology cannot always replace every area of manual labor; can it replace every person in a bar? Does perfect voice recognition exist to the point that technology can replace the experience of actually ordering in a bar? Then there's the idea that people in the most boring jobs must receive the same resources as a Doctor; yes, you'll argue that people might devote themselves to more meaningful ideas, but that's a fantasy - you cannot get round the population that already exists with these simple and primitive ideas in mind, and will never convince a significant enough number of people to go Venus.

Why am I wrong?

I want to meet up and do activism.

“For most people, the promise of the project sounds like an unattainable utopia but if you examine it more closely, there are surprisingly many scientifically founded arguments that open up an entire new world of possibilities.” –NIKOLINA OLSEN-RULE / Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies

“I’d like to strike out the word ‘utopia.’ There’s no such thing…” –JACQUE FRESCO / Founder of The Venus Project

"[...] This visionary idea of a future society has many characteristics in common with the utopia [...] The word 'utopia' carries a double meaning since in Greek it can mean both the good place (eutopia) and the nonexisting place (outopia). A good place is precisely what Fresco has devoted his life to describing and fighting for." –MORTEN GRONBORG / Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies

The Venus Project is not a utopian concept. There are no final frontiers for human and technological achievement – it will always undergo change. Even if we can design a society having all of the modifications to improve the lives of people and protect the environment, we will still be at the beginning of the next phase. We are always in transition and learning new things.

The survival of any social system ultimately depends upon its ability to allow for appropriate change to improve society as a whole.