Top 19 Jacque Fresco Quotes

Many people feel that we need the rule of law to eliminate our problems. But is it more laws that we need? We have many laws – thousands upon thousands of them – but they are constantly being broken.

Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily create a world of abundance, free of servitude and debt.

Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of science. Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of Earth.

Despite advances achieved through objective scientific investigation, and the breaking down of long-standing fears and superstitions, the world is still not a reasonable place. Many attempts to make it so have failed because of selfish individual and national interests.

It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world.

If science has a lot to do with what works, then clearly there’s much about today‘s social and economic setup that isn’t scientific, because things aren’t working very well for a majority of the world’s population or the environment.

I don’t get upset if people think I’m crazy. If you go to a mental hospital and someone calls you a name, would you get upset? Of course not. Well, that’s the way I think about the world. They don’t know any better.

With the observable fact that scientific knowledge makes our lives better when applied with concern for human welfare and environmental protection, there is no question that science and technology can produce abundance so that no one has to go without.

If our system continues without modification involving environmental and social concern, we will face an economic and social breakdown of our outdated monetary and political system.

Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality.

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.

Law is when you don’t have a method of solving a problem… It’s just nailing a proclamation on a wall saying, ‘Don’t do this.’

Many events in our lives are the result of things beyond our control. While it is comforting to think, ‘I’m in charge,’ in truth, most changes effected by individuals are very limited in scope.

While we cannot predict the future, we will most surely live it. Every action and decision we take – or don’t – ripples into the future. For the first time, we have the capability, the technology, and the knowledge to direct those ripples.

To prepare for the future, we must be willing to test new concepts. This means we must acquire enough information to evaluate these concepts and not be like travelers in a foreign land who compare everything with their own hometown.

Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival.

The future is fluid. Each act, each decision, and each development creates new possibilities and eliminates others. The future is ours to direct.

I don’t believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men standing on the shoulders of other men and what they have done.

The shape and solutions of the future rely totally on the collective effort of people working together. We are all an integral part of the web of life.