If you're shipwrecked on an island with 10 million dollars and your wife has gold and diamonds, but there's no water, no arable land, no fish, you have nothing. Money is a 'nothing' thing.
Jacque FrescoIf 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.
Jacque FrescoI was asked once,'your a smart man,why arnt you rich?I replied 'your a rich man,why arnt you smart?
Jacque FrescoPeople will continue to search for answers to universal and perplexing problems. But to find meaningful answers, one must first know what questions to ask.
Jacque FrescoIf there's a group like Amish people, that want to live their own lifestyle โ they don't want to live in our city โ they want to live out in the country, with their own projects. Weโll put up the buildings for them, design the buildings for them, design the food production systems for them โ if they want us to. But we donโt control them.
Jacque FrescoPeople say that the monetary system produces incentive. This may be true in limited areas, but it also produces greed, embezzlement, corruption, pollution, jealousy, anger, crime, war, poverty, tremendous scarcity, and unnecessary human suffering. You have to look at the entire picture.
Jacque Fresco