Money is only important in a society when certain resources for survival must be rationed and the people accept money as an exchange medium for the scarce resources. Money is a social convention, an agreement if you will. It is neither a natural resource nor does it represent one. It is not necessary for survival unless we have been conditioned to accept it as such.
Jacque FrescoWe have the technology to build a global paradise on earth, and at the same time, we have the power to end life as we know it. I am a futurist. I cannot predict the actual future - only what it can be if we manage the earth and its resources intelligently.
Jacque FrescoYou really don't want a job. What you want is access to those things you'd like to have.
Jacque FrescoSo your having trouble with your partner. Well ask yourself, if you were in a relationship with a replica of yourself how long would it last?
Jacque FrescoWe accept, without sufficient consideration, a system that breeds inefficiencies and actually encourages the creation of shortages.
Jacque FrescoAs man reaches out toward the twenty-first century, he will learn to be suspicious of all ideas that are not formulated so that they can be tested by observation. He will realize that the history of human thought shows that the ideas of which we are surest are the ones we most need to test. He will realize that his common sense only mirrors his training and experience. What seems natural and right to him is usually a reflection of the conditions under which he spent his first decade of life.
Jacque Fresco