The Venus Project

It is a project I would be a part of in a heartbeat IF there is a guarantee 1) that everyone involved lived by this code - no human shall prey upon another human being. Consistent adherence to that one principle is the only thing that can ensure a civilized culture no matter how its members decide to organize themselves.

Yes, I agree the planet's resources are our common heritage - along with all other species on the planet. It is a finite planet with finite resources, thus humanity must keep its demand upon those resources finite by keeping its numbers under control. It's a good plan ...

... but only if all its members agree on the principles that guide its existence and progress. If they do not, humanity will find itself right back where it is now - predators versus prey.

A lack of genuine civilization.

It's always good to look forward in a positive way.
I'm too often alone in the garden of resignation these days with only the birds and trees and the sad smile of my own alienation to keep me company.
I must say I liked the World Clock in the Live World Data section.
Knowing is a good place to start. It always has been a battle against ignorance and inertia.
The real world---that is, the one we create--does begin in the imagination, so why not?

This is the only alternative if we are to survive.

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very Qatarian....

I've bookmarked that site, I don't have time right now to study it. I fear that this project will go the same way all utopias have gone. One can't teach an old dog new tricks, so to speak.

V, Bellamy's writings would upset the appplecart hence the lack of exposure. Our society is very carefully guarded by our pols, rev's and $ controllers.

I will investigate and thanks for the exposure!

Oh , one more thing , it would be perfect if we could , once a year , put a big man in the center , and BURN it , with fireworks fire dancers and stuff like that . We could just mix the ashes into our compost ....

I love this , AND think it would work , if the current powers would GET OUT OF THE WAY !!!

"In all my 55 years, I can't believe I just recently heard about Jacque and the Venus Project."

So tell me, in all your 55 years, did you ever hear of someone by the name of Edward Bellamy? (26 March 1850 – 22 May 1898) he wrote a very famous book named Looking Backward in 1888, which was a sensation.

The book was such a sensation in fact, that Bellamy societies were formed, ( yes even in the US) trying to utilize the basic concepts from the book, they eventually faded into obscurity not so much because the precepts are unworkable, but primarily because the precepts are not workable in a capitalist society, it's a wonderful book, and should be required reading for all high school students.

The very basic story of the book, which of course he written at the dawn of the industrial revolution, is that a very wealthy robber baron, who has viewpoints of the world typical of industrialist of that time period, has his black servant man, put him to sleep in his specially designed sealed vault, he wakes up, to find himself in the 21st-century, In a world which is utterly and completely alien to the world he left behind, he is basically a revered talking living museum piece, to 21st-century scientists and society as a whole, where he is conversing, With those who are now in the future, explaining to them how things were in the past -which they are mostly thoroughly knowledgeable of- and how he is enlightened by the way things are done in the time present, it's a truly great book, and I'm surprised it has not been made into a movie, since it is at least as good as journey to the center of the earth, yet what is being demonstrated, is just as relevant today, as it was when published in 1888.

Make it so !

that sounds pretty cool. I like the future city art. I wouldn't mind living in a place like that