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| Jacque Fresco is a self-described "social designer,"<ref name="ZeitgeistAddMovie"> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912</ref> with no formal university education.<ref name="2008FrescMead">http://www.thevenusproject.com/media/audio/The_Venus_Project_08_Living-on-Purpose.mp3</ref> Roxanne Meadows is a former portrait artist.<ref name="2008FrescMead" /> The two live and work together on a 25-acre property in Venus, Florida. | Jacque Fresco is a self-described "social designer,"<ref name="ZeitgeistAddMovie"> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912</ref> with no formal university education.<ref name="2008FrescMead">http://www.thevenusproject.com/media/audio/The_Venus_Project_08_Living-on-Purpose.mp3</ref> Roxanne Meadows is a former portrait artist.<ref name="2008FrescMead" /> The two live and work together on a 25-acre property in Venus, Florida. The property is currently for sale <ref>http://www.thevenusproject.com/</ref> | ||
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The Venus Project is a social, cultural and technological proposal which aims to create a utopian society free from the problems inherent in current global systems. It was started around 1975 by Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows of Venus, Florida.
The Venus Project is featured prominently in the popular film, Zeitgeist: Addendum, as a possible solution to the global problems central to the film.
Ideals
The Venus Project was founded on the idea that poverty is caused by the stifling of progress in technology, which itself is caused by the present world's profit-driven economic system. The progression of technology, if it were carried on independent of its profitability, Fresco theorizes, would make more resources available to more people. This new-found abundance of resources would reduce the human tendency toward independence, corruption, and greed, and instead make people more likely to help each other.
Fundamental to the project is the elimination of the current money-based economy, and the creation of what Fresco calls a "resource-based economy" in its place.
Public response
According to a 2008 interview with Fresco and Meadows, Fresco's lack of credentials has made it difficult for him to gain influence in academic circles. He adds that when universities do invite him to speak, they often don't give him enough time to explain his views.
Founders
Main article: Jacque FrescoJacque Fresco is a self-described "social designer," with no formal university education. Roxanne Meadows is a former portrait artist. The two live and work together on a 25-acre property in Venus, Florida. The property is currently for sale