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[Larry King, host] Alright, let's explore
the thinking of Jacque Fresco
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and the society that he'd like to see
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(Jacque Fresco) The reason
we emphasize machines and technology
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is to free man
to pursue the higher things.
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Machines ought to do the filthy,
repetitious, or the boring jobs.
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It would take ten years
to change the surface of the Earth.
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To save our environment,
[considering] our stupidity, our conflict,
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we've got to reorganize our way of thinking
and reconsider our social aims.
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We must put our mind to this
as we do to put a man on the moon.
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[Jeff Hoffman, retired NASA astronaut]
Like many kids, when I was 6 years old
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I dreamed of flying in space.
I'm old enough that,
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back then, the only astronauts were
Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.
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I went on and became a professional astronomer.
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I was lucky enough to get selected
in the first group of shuttle astronauts.
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We trained for a long time.
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Of course, you go through
many different types of simulators.
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But when you're actually
sitting up there on the rocket,
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you realize that "Hey, this is not the simulator!"
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The whole vehicle is
shaking a little bit on the pad.
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Then, you hear this roar down beneath you.
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The whole shuttle tilts forward a little bit.
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Then, as it comes back to the vertical position,
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all of a sudden,
Wham! The solid boosters ignite.
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There's an incredible vibration and noise.
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For the next two minutes,
there is just so much power
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that you're sitting on top of.
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I was just holding on, thinking to myself
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"Whoa! I hope this whole thing holds together."
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Sure enough, it did.
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By that time, we're looking out the window.
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The blue sky has already
turned to the blackness of space.
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And I can see in the distance
the coast of Africa coming up into view.
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I always remember that feeling
on my first flight when I realized:
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Wow, you're in space!
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You see from orbit the sunrises and sunsets
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16 times every 24 hours.
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Flying over the Earth at night, in particular
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gives you a real sense of human civilization.
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During the day, you look down
and you see the colors of the Earth.
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You see the forms of the landmass,
of the continents.
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There's a lot of beautiful things
to see during the day.
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There's also the view of the impact
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that humans have had on our planet,
and that can be pretty scary.
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Over the course of 11 years of flying
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I watched as the Amazon jungle
was continually being deforested.
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[Rondônia, Brazil 2010
24 years of deforestation]
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At night, you'd constantly see agricultural burning
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all over the world.
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You could see harbors being silted up.
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You could see, in Africa,
how the tree line would go up every year.
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We know about global warming
and what we're doing to the atmosphere.
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That's the other thing
you really get a sense of from space
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is how thin our atmosphere is.
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Basically, the idea that
we're seeing this environmental damage
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on the Earth, created by humans,
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but we see it from a cosmic perspective,
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means that it's just
not something that we can ignore.
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The planet is responding
to the presence of humanity.
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[Carl Sagan, "Pale Blue Dot", 1994]
The Earth is a very small stage
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in a vast cosmic arena.
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Think of the rivers of blood
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spilled by all those generals and emperors
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so that in glory and triumph
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they can become the momentary masters
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of a fraction of a dot.
[Earth from 3.7 billion miles]
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Think of the endless cruelties visited
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by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel
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on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants
of some other corner.
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How eager they are to kill one another,
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how fervent their hatreds.
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Our posturings,
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our imagined self-importance,
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the delusion that we have
some privileged position in the universe
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are challenged by this point of pale light.
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Our planet is a lonely speck
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in the great enveloping cosmic dark.
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In all this vastness, there is no hint
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that help will come from elsewhere
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to save us
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from ourselves.
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The Venus Project presents
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THE CHOICE IS OURS
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Documentary film by Roxanne Meadows, Joel Holt
Original score by Kat Epple
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PART I
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(Narrator) For the first time,
we have the capability, the technology,
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and the knowledge to achieve
a global society of abundance for all.
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We cannot continue as we are
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or the consequences will surely be dire.
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A 2012 UN report states that
a global population growth
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from 7 billion to almost 9 billion
is expected by 2040.
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Demands for resources will rise exponentially.
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By 2030, requirements for food
are projected to rise by 50%,
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energy by 45%,
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and water by 30%.
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We are presently depleting natural resources
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50% faster than the planet can renew.
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At this rate, it is estimated that
we'll need 3 more planet Earths
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to keep up with resource needs as they are today.
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What is the sixth extinction?
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Is it happening right now? What's the cause of it?
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What we, as human beings, are doing to the planet
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is changing the basic conditions of life
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very dramatically and very rapidly.
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(Narrator) And yet,
from environmental disaster to war,
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our obsolete value systems perpetuate insanity,
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threatening us on many fronts.
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Is it the best we can do
to just clean up after the fact?
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Are politicians capable or even competent
to manage the world around us?
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(Gordon Brown) Let me explain.
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Order! The prime minister.
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(Narrator) Are we simply incapable of anticipating
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and planning for our future?
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Are we innately flawed in ways we can't change?
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(Journalist) Why not just use firing squads?
- Aim!
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(Narrator) We often hear
that human nature is fixed...
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It's only human nature!
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...and our worst qualities are inborn.
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- How are they gonna stop being criminals?
- Oh, nonsense!
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They were born that way and
there is no use trying to change them.
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THE DETERMINANTS OF BEHAVIOR
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[Henry Schlinger Jr., PhD] I think it's
difficult to talk about a specific human nature
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like we talk about fixed or modal
action patterns in nonhuman species.
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But clearly in humans,
learning plays the major role.
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In fact, I refer to humans
as 'the learning animal',
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because humans learn more than any other animal.
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(Narrator) And yet,
considering our history of aggression,
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warlike tendencies,
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jealousies and hatred...
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(US soldier) Keep shootin'
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(Narrator) ...we still have much to learn.
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One would think it impossible to simply overlook
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the conditions we're immersed in.
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(Jacque) The culture doesn't know any better.
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They don't know what forces
are involved in shaping human behavior.
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Therefore, they invent their own concept
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and project their own values into human behavior
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and say that's human nature.
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That's where they're wrong.
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(Henry) Right now we have an explosion
of technologies in our culture.
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I think many people think that
technology is going to save us.
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Certainly technology has made our lives
easier in many respects.
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- Find parking space.
- Parking space found.
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Sometimes it's good; sometimes it's not so good.
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(Journalist) Drones armed with Hellfire missiles...
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How would you like to get paid
to spy on your neighbors?
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There's one technology that we don't have,
that we sorely need
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if we're going to really change,
and that's the technology of behavior.
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The science of behavior needs to be
applied like the sciences of physics,
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chemistry, and biology have been.
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That's that one missing ingredient in our culture.
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And that's the toughest one because
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it opposes the way that
most people think about themselves.
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(Narrator) Examining human behavior
in the same manner
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as any other physical phenomenon
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will enable us to understand
the factors responsible for shaping
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our attitudes and our conduct.
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(Henry) All natural scientists
assume that their subject matters
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are lawful and orderly.
If they're not, then you can't do science.
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Behavioral scientists assume
that human behavior and
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the behavior of other organisms
is also lawful and orderly.
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To not assume that means that you accept that
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human behavior is somehow separate
from the rest of nature.
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We don't make that assumption.
We make the assumption
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that human behavior is part of nature.
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(Narrator) Human behavior
is just as lawful as everything else.
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(Jacque) The sunflower
does not turn to the sun.
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The sun makes it turn
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by pulling in membranes.
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A sailboat cannot sail.
The wind moves it.
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Plants can't grow.
They are shoved
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by sunshine, soil, temperature,
all kinds of things.
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All things are shoved by something else.
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All people are acted upon by other things.
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Remember, your mother said "cup, table, light
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papa, mama" over and over again
until you did the same thing.
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Even race hatred is learned.
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(Announcer) ... as the ideals
of intolerance and racial superiority
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are taught to succeeding generations.
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You could be brought up to hate Afro-Americans.
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You could be brought up to hate
Jews, Swedes, all kinds of people.
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- I hate Philippinos,
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I hate Mexicans,
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I hate them all!
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We could raise a Jewish boy
in a Nazi culture.
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He becomes a good Nazi.
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A PRIME EFFECTOR ?
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(Narrator) Mechanical processes are
based upon many interacting systems.
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- What you got there, son?
- A plane.
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What makes it fly? Is it the propeller?
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- The propeller is not going to turn
unless you have the motor, right?
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- So, it's the motor?
- But the motor needs fuel.
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- So I'm guessing it's the fuel that makes it fly.
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- Almost, but if you don't have the spark plugs,
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and the oxygen, the fuel's not going to burn.
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- So it's spark plugs and oxygen?
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- You would think so,
but actually, even with all that working,
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if you don't have the wings
and control surfaces to give it lift
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it will never get off the ground.
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- So it's the wings
and control surfaces that make it fly?
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- Actually, it's all the above, son.
It's a complicated machine.
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It needs all these things working together
to make the plane fly.
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That's a lot like other technologies
and even human behavior.
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- So it's all those things that make it fly.
- Exactly, kiddo!
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(Narrator) Just like mechanical systems,
our behavior
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has no single cause.
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- God gives people good blood and bad blood,
and there's an end to it.
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(Narrator) Our behavior is generated
by the many interacting variables
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that we encounter.
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(Henry) The environment can
never be the same for any two individuals.
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That really counters claims
that people make when they say
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"I have three children. They were all raised
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in the same environment, but they all turned out so different."
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Well, by that definition, the same environment
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refers to the house they lived in
or the parents they had.
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(Jacque) There's no such thing as
'the same environment'.
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If you have two kids, one is 4 years old
and you play with him,
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and the 7 year old is standing there
with that lower lip sticking out.
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You say "What's the matter?"
and the kid goes like that.
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You're making jealousy and envy.
That's where it comes from.
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(Henry) But from a scientific perspective,
the environment really consists
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of the moment to moment interactions
between your behavior
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and those events both inside and outside you.
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So, the environment is in constant flux.
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(Jacque) You put the young kid
on your lap and the older kid.
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You say "I love you both."
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You never play with any one kid
or have a favorite.
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If you say "You can go to the movie
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but you can't because
you didn't do your homework",
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when she falls down the stairs,
you have a grin on your face.
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It's not that you're bad,
but you feel you've been mistreated.
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(Narrator) Even our concepts of
aesthetics and beauty
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are often attributed to an intrinsic quality,
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but closer investigation
reveals that these perceptions
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vary greatly from place to place
and throughout history.
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(Henry) I think notions of aesthetics
and beauty are for the most part learned.
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All you have to do are cross-cultural examinations
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of what people consider
to be attractive and beautiful.
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You'll find that they differ widely
from culture to culture.
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Sometimes they differ widely
within the same culture.
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(Jacque) There are people who wear
brass rings around their neck.
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They stretch their neck.
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If you take those rings away,
the head would fall over
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and they call that beauty.
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On some of the islands I went to visit,
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if the girl had a buttocks
that stuck way out, that was beautiful.
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The other girls were nothing.
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(Announcer) Even a girl
might find herself shut up in a cage
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until she's put on almost 265 pounds
that make her almost,
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but not quite eligible for marriage in her country.
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(Henry) I know there are suggestions
that there are genetic contributions
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to what we think is beautiful,
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but I think the most parsimonious
explanation we can have for
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what constitutes beauty
to a given individual has to come
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from that individual's environment;
the culture they're raised in.
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(Jacque) If everybody had a nose a foot long,
you'd have surgery done.
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There is no such thing as beauty.
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It's all projection.
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If you marry the most beautiful girl in the world
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and she turns out to be a pain in the butt,
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that face becomes ugly to you.
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(Narrator) Some researchers are posing that genes
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rather than upbringing,
determine if someone might become a criminal
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and even a murderer.
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(Henry) If you ask people to tell you
what determines whether they become
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a doctor, or a lawyer, or whatever profession,
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most people will agree that
it has to do with your upbringing:
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the influences from your parents,
from teachers, from others.
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Not genes. Genes don't determine
that you become a lawyer or a doctor.
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(Narrator) Genes don't give us a value system
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or a process level by which we operate.
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(Henry) Genes don't shape
our behavior. The genes themselves
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were shaped by our evolutionary history.
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But our behavior alone is squarely shaped
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by the environment that we're exposed to.
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(Narrator) Behavior does not occur in a vacuum.
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It is always dependent on
considerable environmental input.
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(Jacque) I wanted to know whether men have
a natural attitude toward women,
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or do they learn it?
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So I went to some island years ago.
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The interesting thing about the islanders
is that they wore no clothing.
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I never saw a male stare at the female body.
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Children swim nude when they're babies.
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Boys and girls together.
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There were no Peeping Toms on the island.
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There were no pictures of nude women
up on the wall in their huts
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because it was a normal thing to be nude.
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They said to the girl "Me like you."
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They stroked them from the top of the head,
all the way down.
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They didn't go for the breasts.
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Men go for women's breasts in this country
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because they're taught
"Hey, get a load of that chick!"
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THE BLAME GAME
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- And whose fault is it?
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- It's not the Democrats' fault.
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- And it's all Obama's fault!
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(Henry) The traditional notion,
which is one that gives the
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individual personal responsibility and autonomy
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is one that gives the individual
credit for his or her behavior
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and also, on the other hand,
blames the individual for his or her behavior.
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(Jacque) Blaming people for their behavior
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is one of the most detrimental things
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of our so-called advanced culture.
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Their behavior is shaped
by the culture they are brought up in.
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(Henry) That's built upon,
or based upon, an assumption
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that we are free; we freely choose our behavior.
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But a scientific perspective
actually takes the opposite viewpoint.
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The scientific perspective is a determinist one,
which suggests
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that our behavior is lawful and orderly,
our behavior is caused.
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(Jacque) There's no serial killer
that doesn't have a background
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that made him that way.
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Every New York gangster
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is made that way, by associating with people like that.
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(Narrator) Our social and legal systems
blame and punish the individual.
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Yet these attempts to
modify conduct by punitive means
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ignores the person's background and surroundings
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which shape that behavior to begin with.
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(TV announcer) From old school prison gangs
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to disruptive street gangs:
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it's a dangerous mix for staff and inmates alike.
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(Narrator) Research shows that learning
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also changes the physical
and chemical structure of the brain.
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Obviously, there are many contributing factors,
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but genes play a small role
in comparison to the effects
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of the overall environment on how we learn.
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(Jacque) No Chinese baby was ever born speaking Chinese.
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Did you know that?
They had to go to school to learn the language.
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No French baby was ever born speaking French.
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No matter how many years the parents spoke French
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they have to learn it.
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(Henry) Our cerebral cortex
is really built on plasticity.
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Our behavior is very malleable and very adaptive.
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We're the most adaptive creature on the planet.
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If you look at the history of
humankind on the planet
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you can see that we've learned to adapt to
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every single environment on the planet.
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(Jacque) The only difference
between a preacher and a thief
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is the environment they're reared in.
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(Narrator) We don't come to our own conclusions
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without any outside influences.
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We don't change our minds.
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Our minds are changed by events.
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- Heard about them Wright brothers?
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- No.
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- They say they wanna build themselves a flying machine.
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- They ain't never gonna be no flying machine.
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If God wanted them to fly,
he would give them wings.
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(Roaring laughter)
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(Narrator) Our minds are changed by events.
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- I changed my mind!
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- Yeah, me too.
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(Jacque) If you're born with a brain that's more effective,
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faster than the average brain,
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you become a fascist faster
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if you're brought up in a fascist environment.
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A good brain cannot describe
that which is significant.
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The brain has no mechanism of discrimination;
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only experimental evidence determines that.
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(Narrator) If the surroundings that
establish our values remain unaltered,
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in spite of the urgings of poets,
priests, and politicians
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the same behavior and values will persist.
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(Jacque) If you tell people that
you're not to fish in a certain area,
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if you don't provide food for those people
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and the means of living,
they will violate those laws.
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All laws have to coincide
with the nature of the physical world.
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But it isn't the law that prevents crime,
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it's if you meet the conditions.
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(Journalist) These days,
rhino poachers come by helicopter
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armed with powerful tranquilizers,
and a chainsaw.
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Rhino horn is now worth more than gold.
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(Jacque) If people are unemployed,
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they will do whatever they have to do
to feed their family.
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If you make a law and say that
you're not to steal food,
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they will steal food,
if that serves their family needs.
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Any law that's made by man that doesn't fit
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the circumstances of reality will be violated.
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(Narrator) Higher ideals and aspirations
that people hope for
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can't be realized
when there is deprivation and war.
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[Andrew Bacevich - Boston University]
If you want to go bomb somebody
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there's remarkably little discussion
about how much it might cost.
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But when you have a discussion about whether or not
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we can assist people who are suffering,
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then suddenly we become very cost-conscious.
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(Narrator) No culture
evaluates human behavior in this way.
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If they did, they would question
what is it that generates greed,
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bigotry, inequities, and war.
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(Jacque) They bring you up with
the values that put them in power.
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(Narrator) Unfortunately, all societies to date
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have indoctrinated people toward values
that perpetuate those in power.
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PART II
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(Narrator) So, let's investigate the key factors
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governing the lives of people and nations:
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Money, and the values,
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behaviors, and consequences it produces.
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- Time and sales data
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- Split-second staff
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"It was difficult for early forms of life
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to crawl out of the primordial slime
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without dragging some of it with them."
~Jacque Fresco
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(Narrator) As a remnant of Antiquity,
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money now largely serves
as a mechanism of corruption,
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deprivation, and control in the hands of a few.
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[Abby Martin, Journalist & Host]
It has corrupted everything.
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Every institution that we live in
is corrupted by money.
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What's fascinating to me is that
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we can become enslaved by
something that we've created,
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not physically, but just mentally enslaved
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by a notion that was invented by humanity.
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It is archaic, because I think
we've grown past what money can do.
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"It is well enough that the people of the nation
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do not understand our banking
and money system, for if they did,
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I believe there would be
a revolution before tomorrow morning."
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~Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company
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(Narrator) In a desperate attempt to survive,
many work multiple jobs.
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They may steal, lie, or embezzle.
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(Jacque) So stress producing to the average person.
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...worries about rent, losing their job,
can't pay off a house.
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(Narrator) On a bigger scale, the profit motive
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creates a ruthless cycle of devastation.
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Illness, pollution, and war
are accepted as normal.
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[H. R. McMaster - USA Commanding General]
You have sort of a wartime economy
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that begins to be self-perpetuating.
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You have powerful people
inside of a power vacuum really
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who see it as in their interest
to perpetuate the conflict.
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(Narrator) But it does benefit
the few at the top who live parasitically
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by the manipulation and control of money.
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[Dylan Ratigan, Author & Host] The banking system
right now is effectively enslaving individuals
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enslaving students, enslaving institutions
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and sucking resources from them.
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[Karen Hudes, Economist & Lawyer] They set it up
so that there would be private central banks
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that could charge everybody
interest on the currency
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and allow themselves to get rich
without having to do anything.
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Who's been doing all of this?
It's a group of bankers,
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the Federal Reserve System;
that's a private system.
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- The Fed is a private bank
owned by private stockholders.
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Do not let the name 'federal' fool you.
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(Karen) In 1913, which is when Woodrow Wilson
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allowed the Federal Reserve System
legislation to be passed
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most of the Congress people had gone home.
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(Narrator) This legislation
turned the central bank system
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of the United States
over to the Federal Reserve Board
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making them the only group
that could issue Federal Reserve notes
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or US dollars.
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(Karen) President Wilson regretted that.
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He said that he had just
sold this country downstream.
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"A great industrial nation is controlled
by its system of credit.
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Our system of credit is concentrated.
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The growth of the nation,
therefore, and all our activities
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are in the hands of a few men.
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We have come to be one of the worst ruled
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one of the most completely controlled
and dominated governments
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in the civilized world;
a government by the opinion and the duress
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of small groups of dominant men."
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~President Woodrow Wilson, 1916
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[Erin Ade, Reporter & Host]
It's a fiat system that we operate under.
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It's actually someone punching numbers
on a computer somewhere;
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that is how we manufacture money today.
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(Karen) There's nothing backing it;
there's nothing behind it.
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(Narrator) When government spends
more than it collects in taxes
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and needs money, it does not print its own money,
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but borrows from the federal reserve
in exchange for US bonds
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which the fed provides at interest.
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When people in corporations want money,
they go to banks as well.
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The system is rigged. If a bank buys a $100 bond,
464
00:27:43,265 --> 00:27:47,309
the bank gets to lend out
10 times that amount, or $1000.
465
00:27:47,450 --> 00:27:49,535
They created the extra funds from nothing:
466
00:27:49,673 --> 00:27:52,447
no money, gold, or anything to back it up.
467
00:27:52,586 --> 00:27:56,031
The bank also gets back the loans
with interest for all the money lent.
468
00:27:56,173 --> 00:27:58,339
Money is created in this way
from the simple signature
469
00:27:58,441 --> 00:28:00,961
of a borrower with a promise to pay it back.
470
00:28:01,103 --> 00:28:04,560
To make matters worse, very often,
people are paying the amount back
471
00:28:04,601 --> 00:28:07,067
many times over due to the interest.
472
00:28:07,906 --> 00:28:09,798
This is the process by which individuals,
473
00:28:09,938 --> 00:28:12,515
companies and governments acquire money.
474
00:28:12,653 --> 00:28:16,240
It is respectably referred to as
'fractional reserve lending'
475
00:28:16,380 --> 00:28:19,301
and is used globally by most other banking systems
476
00:28:19,442 --> 00:28:24,866
keeping people and entire nations in perpetual debt.
477
00:28:25,208 --> 00:28:29,384
(Karen) If you just keep printing dollars
with no backing, at a certain point
478
00:28:29,525 --> 00:28:33,316
people lose confidence in the currency,
and that's what has happened.
479
00:28:33,505 --> 00:28:37,986
(Dylan) The banking system right now
is in the business of manufacturing risk
480
00:28:38,125 --> 00:28:41,559
by creating debt for individuals and people.
481
00:28:41,701 --> 00:28:46,234
There is the risk that those people
will not pay that debt back,
482
00:28:46,373 --> 00:28:50,634
but the liabilities for the risk have been
and continue to be assigned
483
00:28:50,634 --> 00:28:52,923
to the US taxpayer and the US currency.
484
00:28:53,095 --> 00:28:55,580
(Karen) We're now sitting in a situation
485
00:28:55,721 --> 00:28:58,411
where the world's currencies are about to crash.
486
00:28:58,549 --> 00:29:02,660
Nobody knows how long it's going to take,
but the Federal Reserve System
487
00:29:02,799 --> 00:29:05,763
has been printing dollars like there's no tomorrow.
488
00:29:05,836 --> 00:29:08,586
(Dylan) You have what is effectively
a criminal enterprise
489
00:29:08,728 --> 00:29:11,792
based on the manipulation
of people's attention, resources
490
00:29:11,932 --> 00:29:14,653
and time, in order to extract value from them.
491
00:29:14,865 --> 00:29:17,402
(Karen) They're stealing money from us that way.
492
00:29:17,540 --> 00:29:21,440
They're stealing the results
of our efforts and our labor.
493
00:29:21,642 --> 00:29:26,220
(Dylan) That is something that has grown
as a cancer on our society.
494
00:29:26,463 --> 00:29:30,244
(Karen) These bankers are all part of a system
495
00:29:30,346 --> 00:29:33,045
called the Bank for International Settlements.
496
00:29:33,183 --> 00:29:35,888
- Most people, even in business
and banking, don't understand
497
00:29:36,028 --> 00:29:38,589
this bank and its role; the BIS.
498
00:29:38,730 --> 00:29:42,059
(Karen) They own 40% of the assets
499
00:29:42,201 --> 00:29:45,836
of the 43,000 companies that are
traded on the capital markets.
500
00:29:45,978 --> 00:29:49,605
- The bank runs itself.
It has a board of directors which is composed
501
00:29:49,747 --> 00:29:52,557
of 15 governors of central banks
from around the world.
502
00:29:52,699 --> 00:29:55,880
(Karen) ...and they pull down 60% of the annual earnings.
503
00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:00,614
They bought off all our media,
and that media is hoodwinking citizens.
504
00:30:00,752 --> 00:30:04,715
(Abby) The media's morphed into just
peddling the corporate interests of
505
00:30:04,855 --> 00:30:08,303
the money masters
that control the political establishment.
506
00:30:08,442 --> 00:30:11,215
There's about 118 boards of directors that sit
507
00:30:11,355 --> 00:30:13,934
on these five giant media corporations.
508
00:30:14,076 --> 00:30:17,723
They all serve different boards, from Monsanto
509
00:30:17,765 --> 00:30:20,422
to weapons, to food...
510
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,909
When you have all these interests bleeding together,
511
00:30:23,048 --> 00:30:24,913
it's that much harder to differentiate
512
00:30:25,053 --> 00:30:27,922
what interests you're seeing
laid out in the mainstream media.
513
00:30:29,031 --> 00:30:31,192
(TV Announcer) Fair, balanced.
514
00:30:32,346 --> 00:30:35,126
(Dylan) If you want to understand power,
you have to understand
515
00:30:35,268 --> 00:30:37,631
who nominates candidates,
516
00:30:38,009 --> 00:30:41,025
not understand who votes for candidates.
517
00:30:41,085 --> 00:30:43,038
Our system is not a democracy.
518
00:30:43,177 --> 00:30:47,258
The percentage of our population that
participates in the nomination process
519
00:30:47,396 --> 00:30:51,340
is literally less than 5% of the population
520
00:30:51,865 --> 00:30:56,247
and really less than 1% of the population.
521
00:30:56,394 --> 00:31:03,195
If I was in control of the nominating process
522
00:31:03,375 --> 00:31:05,795
of everything that everybody ate
523
00:31:05,933 --> 00:31:09,083
and I always nominated
cheeseburgers or fried chicken,
524
00:31:09,222 --> 00:31:12,518
and I told you that it was a democracy
and you could eat anything you want
525
00:31:12,656 --> 00:31:15,001
as long as it was a cheeseburger or fried chicken.
526
00:31:15,143 --> 00:31:18,075
Would that be a democracy?
I could sell it to you as a democracy
527
00:31:18,075 --> 00:31:20,625
because I don't decide whether you eat
cheeseburgers or fried chicken.
528
00:31:20,625 --> 00:31:24,500
You get to vote in a very large
and well-publicized election
529
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,627
as to whether we're going with
fried chicken or cheeseburgers
530
00:31:27,768 --> 00:31:30,663
as people organize into very tribal groups
531
00:31:30,804 --> 00:31:34,400
very anti-fried chicken and very pro-cheeseburger
532
00:31:34,538 --> 00:31:37,625
or, they'll explain to you exactly why
cheeseburgers are going to be
533
00:31:37,767 --> 00:31:41,255
the end of the world,
and why fried chicken is going to save you.
534
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,122
WHO MAKES THE RULES?
535
00:31:44,423 --> 00:31:45,792
(Narrator) Those who can afford it
536
00:31:45,884 --> 00:31:49,018
hire lobbyists who essentially buy politicians.
537
00:31:49,156 --> 00:31:51,846
Most of the time,
either party will suit their needs.
538
00:31:51,987 --> 00:31:55,207
[Professor James Thurber, Host] The definition
of a lobbyist in the United States is someone
539
00:31:55,346 --> 00:31:59,040
who advocates for someone else
and is getting paid for it.
540
00:31:59,913 --> 00:32:02,892
(Narrator) The laws then enacted
are quite often written
541
00:32:03,030 --> 00:32:05,683
by the corporations to benefit themselves.
542
00:32:06,059 --> 00:32:09,893
Professor Thurber sees
an underground explosion in lobbying
543
00:32:10,031 --> 00:32:14,957
and estimates the industry actually brings in
more than $9 billion a year
544
00:32:15,096 --> 00:32:18,413
exceeded only by tourism and government.
545
00:32:19,085 --> 00:32:21,332
- The reason that we aren't
changing things right now is
546
00:32:21,392 --> 00:32:25,721
the banks have lobbyists in Washington
in numbers I've never seen.
547
00:32:26,010 --> 00:32:28,771
(Narrator) Lobbyists are
strictly there to buy access.
548
00:32:28,913 --> 00:32:32,326
They are not there to
enhance the democratic process.
549
00:32:32,464 --> 00:32:36,326
Families and working people just don't have
that kind of representation,
550
00:32:36,468 --> 00:32:39,888
power or influence to look after their needs.
551
00:32:40,172 --> 00:32:44,468
- They have designed the system
to reinforce and, in a sense,
552
00:32:44,606 --> 00:32:47,655
finance themselves based off of special interests.
553
00:32:47,797 --> 00:32:50,433
(Erin) Everything that was around in 2007-2008
554
00:32:50,575 --> 00:32:53,182
that we got so scared about,
the mortgage-backed securities,
555
00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:55,588
the credit default swaps, the other derivatives:
556
00:32:55,630 --> 00:32:59,229
They still exist. They absolutely do.
557
00:32:59,367 --> 00:33:01,925
Yes, there are higher
capital requirements for the banks
558
00:33:01,967 --> 00:33:05,772
so they can't be as leveraged,
but those are not that high.
559
00:33:06,307 --> 00:33:09,453
(Abby) If we don't have a media that's providing
560
00:33:09,595 --> 00:33:12,932
who's really writing these bills
and passing this legislation
561
00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:16,382
and what it's all for and who it serves,
562
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,736
then we're living in an illusion.
563
00:33:21,675 --> 00:33:25,726
[Paul Wright, Author] Generally, the laws
in this country are written by the wealthy
564
00:33:25,865 --> 00:33:28,155
and the powerful because
I think, by definition, that's
565
00:33:28,297 --> 00:33:30,423
who controls the legislatures and
566
00:33:30,564 --> 00:33:35,026
the commanding heights of
the power system in this country.
567
00:33:35,512 --> 00:33:38,109
(Erin) That's a scary reality because
568
00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:41,491
you can pay your way into having laws implemented
569
00:33:41,633 --> 00:33:45,365
that serve you and your corporation
as you'd like them to serve.
570
00:33:46,133 --> 00:33:49,458
(Abby) The complete impunity
that corporations have
571
00:33:49,596 --> 00:33:52,861
to operate unabated and
pollute the entire planet...
572
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,425
- A major spill of toxic coal ash
573
00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:58,501
is raising questions again
about the safety of water
574
00:33:58,643 --> 00:34:01,452
and the government regulators overseeing industry.
575
00:34:01,594 --> 00:34:04,663
(Abby) There's zero accountability,
other than the slap on the wrist
576
00:34:04,702 --> 00:34:07,724
of a couple fines here and then,
I mean slave labor
577
00:34:07,847 --> 00:34:11,764
to the exploitation of resources on the planet.
578
00:34:12,304 --> 00:34:15,856
(Narrator) The slap on the wrist of
industries that pollute, cut corners
579
00:34:15,856 --> 00:34:20,887
and violate policies will continue,
as long as it's profitable to do so.
580
00:34:22,231 --> 00:34:25,998
(Erin) JP Morgan paid $13 billion (US) in fines last year!
581
00:34:25,141 --> 00:34:27,501
If you have that much money
in order to just pay fines...
582
00:34:27,641 --> 00:34:30,681
and they put away $19 billion (US),
for paying fines!
583
00:34:31,117 --> 00:34:34,291
(Reporter) JP Morgan is paying
$410 million (US) to settle charges
584
00:34:34,391 --> 00:34:37,835
with the government,
but JP Morgan is not admitting any wrongdoing.
585
00:34:37,945 --> 00:34:41,885
(Reporter) Goldman Sachs settled
early on in this case for $550 million
586
00:34:41,987 --> 00:34:43,262
without admitting wrongdoing.
587
00:34:43,362 --> 00:34:46,362
(Reporter) UBS has agreed
to pay about $50 million.
588
00:34:46,481 --> 00:34:50,199
Under the terms of the settlement,
UBS did not admit any wrongdoing.
589
00:34:50,338 --> 00:34:52,338
(Paul) I think that people commit
the crimes that they're
590
00:34:52,447 --> 00:34:54,494
in a social position to commit.
591
00:34:54,635 --> 00:34:57,242
I think it's Bertold Brecht that asked
"Which is a greater crime:
592
00:34:57,382 --> 00:34:59,550
to rob a bank or to own one?"
593
00:34:59,690 --> 00:35:03,715
I think as we've seen from everything
from the savings and loan scandals
594
00:35:03,856 --> 00:35:07,481
to the Wall Street meltdown,
that all too often the owners of the banks
595
00:35:07,621 --> 00:35:10,628
are frequently looting
the institutions that employ them.
596
00:35:10,668 --> 00:35:13,521
They commit all manner of illegal acts
597
00:35:13,663 --> 00:35:16,039
and yet they're very rarely prosecuted for them.
598
00:35:16,358 --> 00:35:20,887
Throughout history,
there's been very little pretense
599
00:35:21,027 --> 00:35:26,219
that the government has also
acted as an agent for the wealthy class.
600
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,590
(Erin) Yes, there might be idealistic
politicians that got into the game to
601
00:35:29,697 --> 00:35:34,282
change the world,
but if they're good -any good at their job-
602
00:35:34,422 --> 00:35:36,726
they're no longer changing the world.
They're serving the interests
603
00:35:36,867 --> 00:35:39,780
of their donors if they want
to rise in the world of politics.
604
00:35:40,021 --> 00:35:42,429
(Jacque) They say, "Write to your Congressman."
605
00:35:42,568 --> 00:35:45,139
Who the hell is this jackass
that you have to write?
606
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,445
He should be at the forefront
of technology and knowledge.
607
00:35:49,585 --> 00:35:50,922
You don't have to write to him.
608
00:35:51,063 --> 00:35:54,088
I'm sure most of you have flown in airliners.
609
00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:57,643
You don't have to write to the pilot saying
"You're flying at an angle!
610
00:35:57,784 --> 00:36:00,391
Straighten out, god dammit!"
611
00:36:00,532 --> 00:36:03,371
He knows his business;
that's how he got the job!
612
00:36:03,510 --> 00:36:06,411
The people in Washington now
are lawyers and businessmen
613
00:36:06,510 --> 00:36:10,148
and can solve no problems.
614
00:36:11,034 --> 00:36:14,677
(Erin) If the bottom line is a profit-driven world,
then those interests
615
00:36:14,818 --> 00:36:17,842
are going to be served first,
and everything is going to be secondary.
616
00:36:17,981 --> 00:36:20,195
That's the sad reality of it.
617
00:36:20,563 --> 00:36:23,559
(Abby) There is no value system that is put out there
618
00:36:23,596 --> 00:36:25,887
that is actually beneficial to humanity
619
00:36:25,887 --> 00:36:29,152
because it's based on
consumerism and profit making.
620
00:36:29,621 --> 00:36:33,202
(Jacque) We use artificial pumping
in animals to make them grow faster.
621
00:36:34,349 --> 00:36:38,822
If you can multiply the cells in a chicken faster,
you can sell it sooner.
622
00:36:39,369 --> 00:36:41,476
Does that have an effect on the human body?
623
00:36:41,481 --> 00:36:45,103
They don't worry about that.
They worry about the sale of chickens.
624
00:36:46,327 --> 00:36:50,759
(Narrator) Wealth is going to the rich
faster than at any other time in history.
625
00:36:51,139 --> 00:36:56,197
(Abby) The success of the industrialized world
has been dependent on the failure
626
00:36:56,338 --> 00:36:58,994
and the lack of development
of the developing world.
627
00:36:59,135 --> 00:37:01,376
The reason that they are stifled
is because they are
628
00:37:01,516 --> 00:37:04,402
indebted to the first world;
we wouldn't be prospering
629
00:37:04,541 --> 00:37:08,775
if it weren't for the labor that's going on
and the indentured servitude
630
00:37:08,829 --> 00:37:11,367
that's going on in the entire developing country.
631
00:37:11,385 --> 00:37:14,509
So the power dynamic
can never change in that respect
632
00:37:14,509 --> 00:37:18,076
because it's literally dependent
on it being that way.
633
00:37:18,101 --> 00:37:20,902
(Reporter) The dirty and
dangerous work done by children.
634
00:37:21,041 --> 00:37:24,023
The jobs down in the pits
are typically reserved for teenagers
635
00:37:24,163 --> 00:37:27,023
with only tree limbs to brace the mine walls.
636
00:37:27,163 --> 00:37:29,530
The risk to them is real.
637
00:37:30,213 --> 00:37:33,463
- Rich governments like to say that
they're helping poor countries develop,
638
00:37:33,603 --> 00:37:35,960
but who is developing who here?
639
00:37:36,101 --> 00:37:39,045
Each year poor countries are
paying about 600 billion (US)
640
00:37:39,186 --> 00:37:41,039
in debt service to rich countries
641
00:37:41,179 --> 00:37:44,347
on loans that have already
been paid off many times over.
642
00:37:44,487 --> 00:37:47,407
Then there's the money that
poor countries lose from trade rules
643
00:37:47,547 --> 00:37:49,824
imposed by rich countries.
644
00:37:49,963 --> 00:37:54,601
Altogether, that's more than $2 trillion (US) every year.
645
00:37:57,777 --> 00:38:00,327
(Narrator) Money systems
have existed for centuries,
646
00:38:00,467 --> 00:38:03,987
and whether we realize it or not,
have always been used to control behavior
647
00:38:04,128 --> 00:38:07,447
by limiting the purchasing power
of the majority of people.
648
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:11,182
One example of this
is the criminal justice system.
649
00:38:12,489 --> 00:38:14,789
Many proclaim that prisons don't work.
650
00:38:14,789 --> 00:38:18,110
But ultimately, prisons are a resounding success
651
00:38:18,250 --> 00:38:21,125
as a tool for social control to safeguard
652
00:38:21,164 --> 00:38:24,632
the political and economic established system.
653
00:38:25,168 --> 00:38:28,045
(Paul) If you hire people
whose only expertise is caging
654
00:38:28,186 --> 00:38:30,786
people to try to fix social problems,
655
00:38:30,918 --> 00:38:32,956
youÂ’re not going to get a very good solution.
656
00:38:33,056 --> 00:38:35,807
But I think theyÂ’re very good at caging people
657
00:38:35,949 --> 00:38:39,152
and I think thatÂ’s why mass incarceration has been
658
00:38:39,293 --> 00:38:42,282
a huge success for the ruling class in this country.
659
00:38:42,628 --> 00:38:45,014
The United States is really
number one in a lot of things
660
00:38:45,152 --> 00:38:47,900
and I think the biggest thing where
we can say weÂ’re number one in
661
00:38:48,041 --> 00:38:49,733
is how many people we lock up.
662
00:38:49,873 --> 00:38:53,351
The United States has roughly
5% of the worldÂ’s population
663
00:38:53,492 --> 00:38:56,155
but weÂ’ve got 25% of the worldÂ’s prisoners.
664
00:38:56,422 --> 00:38:59,621
China has 4 times as many people
as the United States does
665
00:38:59,722 --> 00:39:01,239
and half as many prisoners.
666
00:39:01,380 --> 00:39:04,596
The United States has more prisoners
than the Soviet Union did
667
00:39:04,737 --> 00:39:07,284
at the height of the purges
and the collectivization
668
00:39:07,425 --> 00:39:10,534
in the 1930s and the infamous Soviet gulag.
669
00:39:11,128 --> 00:39:14,880
CONSEQUENCES OF POVERTY
670
00:39:15,215 --> 00:39:19,449
(Narrator) Poverty is a vicious cycle
rarely escaped by the poor.
671
00:39:19,809 --> 00:39:23,606
Studies found that scarcity
can reduce mental capacity
672
00:39:23,746 --> 00:39:25,699
and cognitive performance.
673
00:39:25,954 --> 00:39:30,181
In children, it affects their
brain development and memory.
674
00:39:30,458 --> 00:39:32,856
Additionally, the poor are often forced
675
00:39:32,996 --> 00:39:35,626
to live in areas of low air quality.
676
00:39:37,248 --> 00:39:40,248
Far from being a problem for only the poor,
677
00:39:40,777 --> 00:39:43,588
all areas of the socioeconomic spectrum suffer
678
00:39:43,728 --> 00:39:47,853
when our air, food and water
are polluted by fossil fuel emissions
679
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,070
and radiation from nuclear accidents.
680
00:39:51,130 --> 00:39:53,231
PLANETARY IMPACT
681
00:39:53,344 --> 00:39:57,913
[Mark Jacobson, Engineering, Stanford] The current
energy infrastructure results in about 2.5 to 4 million
682
00:39:58,139 --> 00:40:02,025
deaths per year, worldwide,
from respiratory disease,
683
00:40:02,164 --> 00:40:05,284
cardiovascular disease
and complications from asthma.
684
00:40:05,460 --> 00:40:07,909
(Reporter) WeÂ’re in downtown Beijing
and the pollution ratings
685
00:40:07,976 --> 00:40:09,929
have once again gone off the charts.
686
00:40:10,043 --> 00:40:14,454
Readings are around 25 times
World Health OrganizationÂ’s standards.
687
00:40:14,692 --> 00:40:18,525
(Mark) ...including 50 to 100,000 deaths
per year in the United States
688
00:40:18,664 --> 00:40:20,989
and 16,000 alone in California.
689
00:40:21,353 --> 00:40:24,041
(Abby) The economic system that weÂ’re living in today
is destroying the planet
690
00:40:24,052 --> 00:40:27,016
because it is based on an unsustainable model.
691
00:40:27,518 --> 00:40:29,635
WeÂ’re seeing proof of that right now.
692
00:40:29,746 --> 00:40:33,994
(Mark) The current energy infrastructure,
which has been going on for a long time
693
00:40:34,135 --> 00:40:38,764
has resulted in the accumulation
of green house gases and
694
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:43,045
particles that cause
warming of the EarthÂ’s climate.
695
00:40:43,099 --> 00:40:46,331
The EarthÂ’s climate is warming
at a rate faster than any time
696
00:40:46,471 --> 00:40:48,507
since deglaciation from the last ice age.
697
00:40:48,556 --> 00:40:50,409
WHAT ARE THE REAL COSTS?
698
00:40:50,409 --> 00:40:52,478
In addition, the higher CO2 levels:
699
00:40:52,478 --> 00:40:56,556
CO2 is [a molecule] that dissolves in water
and becomes carbonic acid
700
00:40:56,695 --> 00:40:59,356
and has resulted in the
acidification of the oceans.
701
00:40:59,498 --> 00:41:01,827
This is destroying coral reefs.
702
00:41:06,293 --> 00:41:10,096
(Jeff) We have to realize our planet
does have a certain amount of
703
00:41:10,235 --> 00:41:14,030
regenerative power and there is no question that
704
00:41:14,172 --> 00:41:18,382
weÂ’ve been through numerous worldwide extinctions.
705
00:41:18,523 --> 00:41:22,581
We have fossil records of that
and the Earth has recovered.
706
00:41:22,722 --> 00:41:25,280
There is a limiting carrying capacity though.
707
00:41:25,416 --> 00:41:28,244
(Mark) There are many
additional impacts of global warming.
708
00:41:28,297 --> 00:41:31,954
Sea level rise is a very big concern, for example:
709
00:41:32,179 --> 00:41:36,728
right now there are about
65 to 70 meters of sea level stored in ice
710
00:41:36,869 --> 00:41:40,197
mostly in the Antarctic,
but also in glaciers in Greenland
711
00:41:40,338 --> 00:41:43,534
and also sea ice in the Arctic and other places.
712
00:41:43,675 --> 00:41:46,443
The temperature is warm enough that...
If we melt all this ice,
713
00:41:46,583 --> 00:41:49,255
that means the sea levels will rise 65 to 70 meters
714
00:41:49,393 --> 00:41:54,099
and that will cover 7% of all the worldÂ’s land and...
715
00:41:54,898 --> 00:41:57,907
All this is along the coast
where most people in the world live,
716
00:41:58,047 --> 00:42:00,664
this will cause a significant disaster.
717
00:42:01,067 --> 00:42:06,378
WeÂ’re also seeing enhanced storminess,
increased intensity of hurricanes,
718
00:42:06,518 --> 00:42:10,630
and greater extremes of weather
associated with global warming.
719
00:42:10,771 --> 00:42:14,847
There are significant problems associated with this
and these are all tied back
720
00:42:15,034 --> 00:42:18,465
to the emissions from coal, oil and gas combustion
721
00:42:18,634 --> 00:42:21,887
that have been occurring
since the industrial revolution
722
00:42:22,027 --> 00:42:25,318
that started in the mid to late 1700s.
723
00:42:25,650 --> 00:42:30,539
"Is Earth the insane asylum of the universe?"
724
00:42:31,297 --> 00:42:35,253
(Narrator) It is probable that
war itself could be our undoing
725
00:42:35,393 --> 00:42:37,742
let alone the environment.
726
00:42:37,858 --> 00:42:42,318
Our brutal competitive behaviors
are not human nature
727
00:42:42,458 --> 00:42:47,525
but simply a result of scarcity,
making us all competitors
728
00:42:47,664 --> 00:42:52,371
in the fight to attain what we need to survive.
729
00:42:56,059 --> 00:42:59,849
While scarcity is naturally occurring,
730
00:42:59,989 --> 00:43:04,648
it's also intentional in industries
and governments for profit
731
00:43:04,788 --> 00:43:07,045
and national interest.
732
00:43:08,277 --> 00:43:11,349
As long as nations are immersed in scarcity
733
00:43:11,489 --> 00:43:15,561
we will continue to have conflicts between people.
734
00:43:16,159 --> 00:43:18,375
Crimes, murder
735
00:43:19,264 --> 00:43:21,521
and other violence
736
00:43:22,561 --> 00:43:24,960
to all out war;
737
00:43:25,099 --> 00:43:29,130
the ultimate expression of human stupidity.
738
00:43:30,628 --> 00:43:32,128
- Bomb the heck out of them!
739
00:43:32,596 --> 00:43:36,152
These behaviors must be surpassed
if we wish to survive.
740
00:43:36,293 --> 00:43:39,807
- Drop the bombs on them!
- It's the best recruiting tool for al-Qaeda
741
00:43:39,949 --> 00:43:43,322
This guarantees the cycle of violence will go on.
742
00:43:43,460 --> 00:43:46,938
(Narrator) With our technological ability
to provide for all
743
00:43:47,077 --> 00:43:50,317
we must take steps toward a different approach.
744
00:43:50,858 --> 00:43:53,735
Or the endless cycle of booms, busts
745
00:43:53,875 --> 00:43:56,706
and war will continue.
746
00:43:58,927 --> 00:44:02,626
- (sarcastic) Oh, no! Peace in our time.
Aye yai yai!
747
00:44:03,601 --> 00:44:09,992
"If we don't end war, war will end us."
~ H G Wells, 1936
748
00:44:11,085 --> 00:44:13,833
(Dylan) Nobody including
-most of all- the United States
749
00:44:13,972 --> 00:44:17,192
goes to war to liberate or spread democracy.
750
00:44:17,340 --> 00:44:20,271
The only incentive on a
practical level to go to war
751
00:44:20,411 --> 00:44:23,063
is to acquire resources.
752
00:44:23,364 --> 00:44:27,849
In the United States' case,
it frequently is either energy resources
753
00:44:28,347 --> 00:44:31,181
[or] shall I say supporting political alliances
754
00:44:31,322 --> 00:44:34,221
to preserve access to energy resources.
755
00:44:35,318 --> 00:44:38,804
(Narrator) Smedley Butler,
a US Marine Corps General Major,
756
00:44:38,943 --> 00:44:42,012
who was the most decorated marine
at the time of his death
757
00:44:42,152 --> 00:44:45,181
stated it well when he wrote:
758
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:49,371
"I spent 33 years and four months
in active military service
759
00:44:49,510 --> 00:44:52,007
and during that period I spent most of my time
760
00:44:52,146 --> 00:44:55,117
as a high class muscle man for Big Business,
761
00:44:55,257 --> 00:44:57,610
for Wall Street and the bankers.
762
00:44:58,101 --> 00:45:00,619
In short, I was a racketeer,
763
00:45:01,164 --> 00:45:03,373
a gangster for capitalism.
764
00:45:03,802 --> 00:45:07,237
I helped make Mexico safe
for American oil interests.
765
00:45:07,784 --> 00:45:10,829
I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place
766
00:45:10,969 --> 00:45:14,579
for the National City Bank boys
to collect revenues in.
767
00:45:15,141 --> 00:45:18,628
I helped in the raping of
half a dozen Central American republics
768
00:45:18,768 --> 00:45:21,244
for the benefit of Wall Street.
769
00:45:21,784 --> 00:45:23,875
I helped purify Nicaragua
770
00:45:24,016 --> 00:45:26,414
for the International
Banking House of Brown Brothers.
771
00:45:26,554 --> 00:45:30,601
I brought light to the Dominican Republic
for the American sugar interests.
772
00:45:30,742 --> 00:45:34,534
I helped make Honduras right
for the American fruit companies.
773
00:45:34,672 --> 00:45:39,588
In China, I helped see to it that
Standard Oil went on its way unmolested.
774
00:45:41,155 --> 00:45:44,773
Looking back on it, I might have
given Al Capone a few hints.
775
00:45:44,914 --> 00:45:48,923
The best that he could do was to
operate his racket in three districts.
776
00:45:49,514 --> 00:45:51,822
I operated on three continents.
777
00:45:52,791 --> 00:45:56,009
War is a racket. It always has been.
778
00:45:56,148 --> 00:46:00,213
A few profit and the many pay.
But there is a way to stop it.
779
00:46:00,355 --> 00:46:02,978
You can't end it by disarmament conferences.
780
00:46:03,119 --> 00:46:08,192
It can be smashed effectively
only by taking the profit out of war."
781
00:46:12,387 --> 00:46:17,001
(Jacque) Our universities today
are better equipped than ever:
782
00:46:17,141 --> 00:46:20,983
...best scientific equipment,
the bombs are getting worse.
783
00:46:21,123 --> 00:46:24,454
The wars are getting worse.
The killing is getting worse.
784
00:46:24,596 --> 00:46:28,003
You don't need to kill people, bomb cities.
785
00:46:28,143 --> 00:46:30,880
There's something wrong with our culture; very wrong!
786
00:46:31,184 --> 00:46:33,614
(Narrator) To blame any individual or corporation
787
00:46:33,753 --> 00:46:37,952
does not get at the root causes of the problems.
788
00:46:38,094 --> 00:46:42,114
The structure of our socioeconomic system,
itself, has everyone out
789
00:46:42,255 --> 00:46:44,855
to meet their own needs,
790
00:46:44,994 --> 00:46:48,489
creating a predatory, competitive environment.
791
00:46:49,565 --> 00:46:52,543
Attempting to find solutions
to the monumental problems
792
00:46:52,684 --> 00:46:56,974
within our present society
will only serve as temporary patchwork
793
00:46:57,114 --> 00:47:00,614
prolonging what is quickly becoming
an obsolete system.
794
00:47:02,952 --> 00:47:06,795
PART III
795
00:47:12,632 --> 00:47:13,936
(Narrator) Now, more than ever
796
00:47:13,938 --> 00:47:18,885
a sustainable civilization is possible
and furthermore, essential.
797
00:47:22,938 --> 00:47:28,806
Our social designs, language, and values
have evolved from ages ago.
798
00:47:30,195 --> 00:47:34,382
The reality of scarcity in earlier times
shaped our behaviors
799
00:47:34,382 --> 00:47:38,597
and remains deeply entrenched
in all cultures today.
800
00:47:40,650 --> 00:47:43,836
The history of civilization is a story of change
801
00:47:44,869 --> 00:47:47,916
and this includes our social systems, as well.
802
00:47:53,378 --> 00:47:57,596
Our earliest enlightenments
were but stepping stones
803
00:47:57,775 --> 00:48:02,052
in the sequential development
to our present science and technology,
804
00:48:02,128 --> 00:48:10,097
which could now produce
and distribute abundance to everyone.
805
00:48:15,474 --> 00:48:18,920
THE MARCH OF EVENTS
806
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:21,869
[Erik Brynjolfsson Ph.D, MIT] There's no question
that many jobs simply aren't coming back.
807
00:48:21,969 --> 00:48:24,311
But probably the single biggest driver of that
808
00:48:24,313 --> 00:48:27,365
is the way that technology is racing ahead.
809
00:48:27,367 --> 00:48:29,920
If we continue on current paths,
810
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:33,414
the next 10 years will be
even more disruptive than the last 10 years
811
00:48:33,606 --> 00:48:36,646
because the technology is accelerating faster.
812
00:48:36,648 --> 00:48:38,480
(Jacque) If you keep laying off people
813
00:48:38,481 --> 00:48:41,864
and putting in machines,
which is happening in the auto industry...
814
00:48:41,940 --> 00:48:45,431
they pick up the whole car and
turn it around, shove the engine in...
815
00:48:45,815 --> 00:48:47,219
They're moving people out.
816
00:48:47,219 --> 00:48:49,998
There comes a time when
817
00:48:49,001 --> 00:48:52,092
millions won't have the
purchasing power to buy cars.
818
00:48:52,094 --> 00:48:54,338
That's when the system collapses.
819
00:48:54,402 --> 00:48:57,070
- All of our growth is associated
with increased consumption,
820
00:48:57,072 --> 00:48:59,730
increased use of energy, and other resources
821
00:48:59,730 --> 00:49:02,387
And when you ask economists
"Well, what's the alternative
822
00:49:02,387 --> 00:49:04,411
that enables us to continue to be prosperous
823
00:49:04,411 --> 00:49:07,992
without destroying the natural environment
on which we depend?",
824
00:49:07,992 --> 00:49:10,510
they don't seem to have an answer for that.
825
00:49:10,610 --> 00:49:16,266
(Jacque) There's no solution within
the present-day type society.
826
00:49:19,275 --> 00:49:25,295
(Narrator) The Venus Project
proposes a workable alternative.
827
00:49:31,684 --> 00:49:34,543
The aim of The Venus Project is to secure,
828
00:49:34,949 --> 00:49:36,250
protect,
829
00:49:36,250 --> 00:49:39,164
and assure a more humane world for all,
830
00:49:39,164 --> 00:49:42,429
through the application
of technology and cybernetics
831
00:49:42,429 --> 00:49:45,724
with human and environmental concern.
832
00:49:49,708 --> 00:49:55,543
(Jacque) People need information to be able
to move into the future intelligently.
833
00:49:55,543 --> 00:50:02,632
Without information, there's no way you can
develop a sustainable culture.
834
00:50:02,869 --> 00:50:07,994
It can't be done politically,
because the problems are technical.
835
00:50:09,458 --> 00:50:15,659
If you succeeded in arranging for the most
ethical people in the world
836
00:50:15,659 --> 00:50:17,612
of the highest morality
837
00:50:17,612 --> 00:50:19,458
and put them in government,
838
00:50:19,458 --> 00:50:22,403
when the lights fail in your house,
you still need an electrician.
839
00:50:22,405 --> 00:50:25,460
When the dams don't generate enough electricity,
840
00:50:25,460 --> 00:50:28,159
you don't need a highly moral politician.
841
00:50:28,161 --> 00:50:30,619
You need an electrical engineer.
842
00:50:30,619 --> 00:50:34,802
So our problems in the world
can be solved by technical people.
843
00:50:35,222 --> 00:50:42,463
The Venus Project applies
the methods of science to the social system.
844
00:50:42,681 --> 00:50:45,297
[Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physics, ASU]
What science does provide for us,
845
00:50:45,297 --> 00:50:46,900
is a great deal of information
846
00:50:46,900 --> 00:50:50,346
about the implications
of the different options we have.
847
00:50:50,393 --> 00:50:55,094
So, science helps us make better decisions
by informing those decisions.
848
00:50:55,193 --> 00:51:00,476
That's why it's a shame to
turn away from science in the public arena.
849
00:51:01,190 --> 00:51:04,820
[Paul Hewitt, "Conceptual Physics"] Science is
not an emotional way, not a wishful thinking way
850
00:51:04,820 --> 00:51:07,596
but a rational way of
seeing what the connections are.
851
00:51:07,597 --> 00:51:09,009
That's what science is about.
852
00:51:09,009 --> 00:51:11,358
How could that not apply to everything?
853
00:51:11,358 --> 00:51:13,777
(Lawrence) The scientific method, quite simply,
854
00:51:13,777 --> 00:51:17,820
is a process by which you can try to distinguish
855
00:51:17,822 --> 00:51:21,831
what accurately describes the universe
from what doesn't.
856
00:51:22,010 --> 00:51:23,777
It involves several steps.
857
00:51:23,777 --> 00:51:26,429
Often, of course,
you make some supposition or prediction
858
00:51:26,429 --> 00:51:30,063
about what phenomena might result,
based on some theory.
859
00:51:30,063 --> 00:51:33,659
But then, most importantly,
use empirical data - testing.
860
00:51:33,659 --> 00:51:36,612
You test your idea in a way that's falsifiable.
861
00:51:36,612 --> 00:51:39,376
(Jacque) When they said to scientists
"Can you put a man on the moon?"
862
00:51:39,376 --> 00:51:41,487
They answered, "I don't know."
863
00:51:41,487 --> 00:51:43,262
They asked, "How do you find out?"
864
00:51:43,601 --> 00:51:45,478
"Well, we have to put a guy in a centrifuge
865
00:51:45,478 --> 00:51:47,409
and spin him to see when he conks out.
866
00:51:47,411 --> 00:51:49,833
Then we'll know how fast the rocket can go.
867
00:51:49,833 --> 00:51:53,574
We can't start out at 7 miles per second.
The guy will flatten out."
868
00:51:53,628 --> 00:51:56,193
After they try all these things, then they say
869
00:51:56,193 --> 00:51:58,751
"Here's what we have to do
to get a man on the moon."
870
00:51:58,751 --> 00:52:01,865
(Lawrence) You have to perform additional tests
that are more selective
871
00:52:01,867 --> 00:52:04,844
to determine, in fact, how accurate your idea is.
872
00:52:04,844 --> 00:52:09,360
And science continues by the process of
continually testing your ideas.
873
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:11,277
(Paul) If you're going to get
into nature, you're going to
874
00:52:11,277 --> 00:52:14,344
get into the rules by which nature operates.
875
00:52:14,503 --> 00:52:17,666
And it does operate by very specific rules.
876
00:52:17,818 --> 00:52:19,702
Which means it's predictable.
877
00:52:19,777 --> 00:52:22,043
And so, what is science, for me?
878
00:52:22,043 --> 00:52:24,284
It's more than a body of knowledge.
879
00:52:24,284 --> 00:52:25,847
It's a way of thinking.
880
00:52:25,847 --> 00:52:33,085
LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE
881
00:52:33,737 --> 00:52:37,202
(Jacque) Now language, itself,
is subject to interpretation.
882
00:52:37,202 --> 00:52:40,396
When you say something,
it goes through my filters
883
00:52:40,396 --> 00:52:42,992
and comes out a little different
than what you mean.
884
00:52:42,992 --> 00:52:46,969
Now, if you had that in the
scientific world - engineering world...
885
00:52:46,969 --> 00:52:52,166
When engineers talk to each other,
they use physical referent for their language.
886
00:52:52,166 --> 00:52:55,527
If they all interpreted what
they think the other guy meant,
887
00:52:55,527 --> 00:52:57,900
you couldn't build bridges; they'd collapse.
888
00:52:57,900 --> 00:53:02,971
In medicine, when a doctor says, "Hemostat",
the nurse doesn't hand him a towel.
889
00:53:02,972 --> 00:53:04,273
She hands him a hemostat.
890
00:53:04,373 --> 00:53:06,650
So that language is very precise.
891
00:53:06,728 --> 00:53:09,673
(Lawrence) The thing about science is that
it's independent of culture, religion,
892
00:53:09,675 --> 00:53:10,882
language, everything.
893
00:53:10,882 --> 00:53:13,289
That's why scientists around the world
can work together.
894
00:53:13,289 --> 00:53:15,387
We all speak the same language.
895
00:53:15,387 --> 00:53:17,375
(Jacque) They're talking specifically.
896
00:53:17,375 --> 00:53:19,782
The wonderful thing about a blueprint...
897
00:53:19,782 --> 00:53:22,708
If you give a blueprint of an automobile to Italy,
898
00:53:22,708 --> 00:53:26,309
China, France...
They all turn out the same automobile.
899
00:53:26,309 --> 00:53:28,501
Because it has uniform interpretation.
900
00:53:28,601 --> 00:53:29,992
(Lawrence) I was just giving a lecture about
901
00:53:29,994 --> 00:53:32,626
two very important results
which vastly disagreed.
902
00:53:32,626 --> 00:53:35,128
What did the two groups do who vastly disagreed?
903
00:53:35,130 --> 00:53:36,693
They decided to work together.
904
00:53:36,693 --> 00:53:39,606
Their interest was in
determining what nature tells us,
905
00:53:39,606 --> 00:53:41,353
not what they wanted to be true.
906
00:53:41,353 --> 00:53:44,875
(Jacque) There's no Chinese way
of building airplanes.
907
00:53:44,875 --> 00:53:46,916
There's a mathematical way.
908
00:53:47,126 --> 00:53:52,375
(Narrator) Oddly enough, we've never applied
the methods of science and engineering
909
00:53:52,376 --> 00:53:58,201
on a global scale to achieve a more just
and equitable social arrangement.
910
00:53:58,614 --> 00:54:06,170
Our failure to do so, leaves us continuously
on the brink of oblivion.
911
00:54:06,706 --> 00:54:12,626
(Jacque) Scientists were never asked to
design a society without automobile accidents.
912
00:54:12,626 --> 00:54:17,492
They were never asked to
design a city that's self-sufficient.
913
00:54:17,492 --> 00:54:21,239
Take the Manhattan Project.
They were supported.
914
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:23,030
So they built the atom bomb.
915
00:54:23,030 --> 00:54:26,007
We're working on the wrong things!
916
00:54:26,731 --> 00:54:31,740
UNIFICATION ON A GLOBAL SCALE
917
00:54:31,788 --> 00:54:36,121
The society that I'm talking about
is global cooperation,
918
00:54:36,123 --> 00:54:40,695
where all of the nations work
toward improving the lot of human kind.
919
00:54:41,137 --> 00:54:42,692
Now why do that?
920
00:54:42,692 --> 00:54:46,996
Because the smarter people are,
the richer and more secure everybody is.
921
00:54:46,996 --> 00:54:51,130
But in the future,
when you join all the nations together,
922
00:54:51,130 --> 00:54:55,634
and they can see the advantage of
sharing all of the Earth's resources
923
00:54:55,634 --> 00:54:59,226
and all of the knowledge by all nations;
924
00:54:59,226 --> 00:55:03,702
Once they realize that advantage,
they will join together.
925
00:55:03,704 --> 00:55:05,931
If they do not, they'll kill each other.
926
00:55:06,152 --> 00:55:09,175
- That's what endless warfare's led to; brigandage.
927
00:55:09,275 --> 00:55:10,483
What else could happen?
928
00:55:10,704 --> 00:55:13,590
But we, who are all that are left
of the old engineers and mechanics,
929
00:55:13,590 --> 00:55:16,106
have pledged ourselves to salvage the World.
930
00:55:16,704 --> 00:55:19,617
We're the last trustees of civilization
when everything else has failed.
931
00:55:20,474 --> 00:55:24,190
WHEN MONEY BECOMES OBSOLETE
932
00:55:24,987 --> 00:55:27,782
(Narrator) If our planet
had a common catastrophic threat,
933
00:55:28,184 --> 00:55:31,012
such as a large meteor heading toward the Earth,
934
00:55:31,112 --> 00:55:34,338
nations would unite
and call upon science and technology
935
00:55:34,338 --> 00:55:36,536
to solve the pending catastrophe.
936
00:55:36,931 --> 00:55:38,603
Border disputes would cease.
937
00:55:38,704 --> 00:55:43,590
Bankers, lawyers and businessmen
would be unable to solve the problem.
938
00:55:44,094 --> 00:55:48,702
Resources would be harnessed
without cost or profit.
939
00:55:49,824 --> 00:55:53,945
Today, we face many common threats
far beyond national boundaries.
940
00:55:58,965 --> 00:56:02,215
RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY
941
00:56:02,704 --> 00:56:05,704
(Jacque) In the world today,
we have enough resources
942
00:56:05,704 --> 00:56:08,704
to solve most human problems.
943
00:56:08,806 --> 00:56:11,603
We can build cities, hospitals all over the world
944
00:56:11,605 --> 00:56:13,570
if we use resources.
945
00:56:13,748 --> 00:56:16,425
But if you conscripted all the money in the world
946
00:56:16,474 --> 00:56:18,043
there's not enough money
947
00:56:18,043 --> 00:56:21,315
to build hospitals and housing all over the world
948
00:56:21,471 --> 00:56:24,338
and finance the education of students.
949
00:56:24,704 --> 00:56:26,795
But we do have enough teachers and enough
950
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:28,942
buildings we can use for universities.
951
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:30,704
We have the resources.
952
00:56:30,704 --> 00:56:35,681
Money is an interference;
because it limits our ability
953
00:56:35,704 --> 00:56:37,704
and it limits our dreams.
954
00:56:39,704 --> 00:56:44,123
(Narrator) Imagine the possibilities
of an unprecedented mobilization
955
00:56:44,222 --> 00:56:48,929
of scientific and technical alliances
toward problem solving
956
00:56:49,380 --> 00:56:53,411
without the interference of money or politics
957
00:56:53,534 --> 00:56:58,440
to initiate global unification and restoration.
958
00:56:59,199 --> 00:57:03,085
This could easily enable
a high standard of living for all.
959
00:57:03,516 --> 00:57:05,306
This is what Jacque Fresco had in mind
960
00:57:05,309 --> 00:57:08,166
when he proposed a Resource-Based Economy.
961
00:57:09,150 --> 00:57:12,311
(Jacque) If our planet ran out of resources
962
00:57:12,313 --> 00:57:17,000
no matter how much gold,
or money, or possessions you had
963
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,704
you could not survive.
964
00:57:20,130 --> 00:57:24,822
Our entire survival is based upon resources.
965
00:57:26,503 --> 00:57:28,364
(Narrator) Growing up in the Great Depression
966
00:57:28,364 --> 00:57:31,036
in the early nineteen thirties in New York City
967
00:57:31,114 --> 00:57:33,675
was a catalyst for his life's work.
968
00:57:34,268 --> 00:57:38,007
Jacque explored many different
social alternatives during that time
969
00:57:38,175 --> 00:57:40,284
but all seemed insufficient.
970
00:57:40,693 --> 00:57:43,603
He rejected the obsolete
teaching methods of the time
971
00:57:43,835 --> 00:57:46,603
and was granted
special privileges by his principal.
972
00:57:47,208 --> 00:57:51,603
He read books that furthered
his interest in human behavior and social change.
973
00:57:51,827 --> 00:57:54,547
His early research with
training and observing animals
974
00:57:54,563 --> 00:57:59,052
led him to similar findings with people as well.
975
00:58:00,063 --> 00:58:03,538
He concluded that environment shapes our values,
976
00:58:03,762 --> 00:58:05,525
our identity,
977
00:58:05,704 --> 00:58:09,094
and generates our behavior.
978
00:58:10,552 --> 00:58:13,503
Fresco witnessed great suffering and scarcity,
979
00:58:13,503 --> 00:58:16,603
even though Earth was abundant with resources.
980
00:58:17,032 --> 00:58:19,702
He saw it was the rules of the game we play by
981
00:58:19,704 --> 00:58:21,505
that were at fault.
982
00:58:21,603 --> 00:58:26,603
Jacque started with a lot of
technical things when he was very young.
983
00:58:26,704 --> 00:58:28,704
And what gave him incentive for that,
984
00:58:28,704 --> 00:58:30,150
some of the first designs,
985
00:58:30,271 --> 00:58:35,605
was that his younger cousin
cut his fingers in a metal fan.
986
00:58:35,704 --> 00:58:38,704
So Jacque came up with a fabric fan.
987
00:58:38,704 --> 00:58:42,704
He was just a little kid,
and he took it to the fan company
988
00:58:42,704 --> 00:58:46,382
and they said,
"Oh, nice idea kid, but it's not practical."
989
00:58:46,414 --> 00:58:48,704
Then a couple of months later,
they came out with it.
990
00:58:49,052 --> 00:58:51,704
This was his first introduction
to the Free Enterprise system.
991
00:58:51,704 --> 00:58:54,505
It's not free, and it's not enterprising.
992
00:58:55,297 --> 00:58:59,603
Fresco grasped the necessity
to develop an entirely new social design
993
00:58:59,826 --> 00:59:02,306
which integrates
the best of science and technology
994
00:59:02,306 --> 00:59:05,405
dedicated toward human
and environmental concern.
995
00:59:06,704 --> 00:59:08,704
To accomplish this holistic approach
996
00:59:08,704 --> 00:59:11,704
Fresco studied and worked
in a wide range of fields
997
00:59:11,806 --> 00:59:14,987
such as architecture,
998
00:59:15,402 --> 00:59:17,637
transportation,
999
00:59:18,032 --> 00:59:19,280
medicine,
1000
00:59:19,621 --> 00:59:21,599
behavioral sciences,
1001
00:59:21,878 --> 00:59:25,063
industrial design,
1002
00:59:25,704 --> 00:59:27,704
and more.
1003
00:59:28,646 --> 00:59:31,945
For most of his life, he has lectured,
1004
00:59:33,039 --> 00:59:35,300
written books,
1005
00:59:35,704 --> 00:59:37,992
designed and produced models and media
1006
00:59:38,177 --> 00:59:40,704
to introduce methods that could work for all,
1007
00:59:41,159 --> 00:59:44,166
instead of only a few individuals.
1008
00:59:44,304 --> 00:59:47,114
(Jacque) Sometimes, when you
talk about a new kind of world,
1009
00:59:47,117 --> 00:59:48,795
it frightens people.
1010
00:59:48,925 --> 00:59:52,164
They figure "Well gee, everything is technical.
1011
00:59:52,231 --> 00:59:54,393
What about the human aspect?"
1012
00:59:54,469 --> 00:59:57,420
And I had to devise models
1013
00:59:57,500 --> 00:59:59,603
and make buildings and homes
1014
00:59:59,704 --> 01:00:04,516
to show people what kind of home
they might live in, in the future.
1015
01:00:12,007 --> 01:00:15,547
I really don't know what the future will be like,
1016
01:00:15,704 --> 01:00:18,101
but there are possible alternatives.
1017
01:00:18,237 --> 01:00:20,702
Thousands of different alternatives.
1018
01:00:30,478 --> 01:00:32,603
(Narrator) Fresco and
co-founder, Roxanne Meadows,
1019
01:00:32,704 --> 01:00:37,264
built the experimental structures
to test and illustrate his designs
1020
01:00:37,264 --> 01:00:39,864
and provide a research center
from which to continue
1021
01:00:40,063 --> 01:00:42,847
furthering the aims and proposals.
1022
01:00:43,442 --> 01:00:45,704
We moved here in about 1980
1023
01:00:45,704 --> 01:00:48,463
and this was all flat tomato patch, most of it.
1024
01:00:48,463 --> 01:00:50,702
We got 10 acres and then another 10 acres.
1025
01:00:50,704 --> 01:00:53,302
Jacque wanted an island in the Caribbean
1026
01:00:53,302 --> 01:00:55,704
which was $800,000 (US). We couldn't afford it
1027
01:00:55,704 --> 01:00:59,557
so we settled on $1,000 an acre, here in Venus.
1028
01:01:00,063 --> 01:01:02,702
So, we made it look like a tropical island.
1029
01:01:02,788 --> 01:01:05,603
We planted hundreds of palm trees and fruit trees
1030
01:01:05,704 --> 01:01:07,704
and dug the waterways.
1031
01:01:07,704 --> 01:01:09,063
And then the animals came.
1032
01:01:09,063 --> 01:01:11,063
We have deer,
1033
01:01:11,063 --> 01:01:15,503
lots of alligators, bear, fox, raccoons...
1034
01:01:15,503 --> 01:01:18,503
So it's really living in harmony with nature here.
1035
01:01:20,063 --> 01:01:23,922
This is kind of an example of what
the outskirts of Jacque's cities would be like.
1036
01:01:24,132 --> 01:01:26,556
There would be one building
very close to another building,
1037
01:01:26,556 --> 01:01:28,481
but there's so many trees in between
1038
01:01:28,590 --> 01:01:31,123
that it looks like you're living in a forest.
1039
01:01:31,583 --> 01:01:33,704
(Jacque) So what the Venus Project really wants
1040
01:01:33,704 --> 01:01:38,782
is to unify all the nations of the world
towards common goals, such as;
1041
01:01:38,782 --> 01:01:42,378
clean air, clean water, non-contaminated food
1042
01:01:42,704 --> 01:01:44,704
and make that available to everyone.
1043
01:01:44,704 --> 01:01:49,327
INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES
1044
01:01:49,963 --> 01:01:51,936
What is really needed
1045
01:01:51,938 --> 01:01:56,237
is the intelligent management
of the Earth's resources.
1046
01:01:56,358 --> 01:02:01,898
A Resource-Based Economy is
based on the carrying capacity of the Earth
1047
01:02:01,900 --> 01:02:03,574
and its resources.
1048
01:02:03,717 --> 01:02:07,864
If you don't work in terms of existing resources
1049
01:02:07,985 --> 01:02:11,157
you're working in some metaphysical plan.
1050
01:02:11,257 --> 01:02:15,800
In a Resource-Based Economy,
all resources would become
1051
01:02:15,958 --> 01:02:19,451
the common heritage of all the world's people.
1052
01:02:19,451 --> 01:02:22,692
And access to the necessities of life
1053
01:02:22,744 --> 01:02:25,853
would be for all the world's people.
1054
01:02:26,137 --> 01:02:29,771
There would be no more monetary systems
1055
01:02:29,771 --> 01:02:37,358
or trade, barter,
or any other system of human servitude.
1056
01:02:38,717 --> 01:02:42,163
(Narrator) A Resource-Based Economy
allows social advancement
1057
01:02:42,257 --> 01:02:44,257
and worldwide reconstruction
1058
01:02:44,358 --> 01:02:47,340
in the shortest time possible.
1059
01:02:47,518 --> 01:02:50,175
(Jacque) Under scientific scales of performance
1060
01:02:50,175 --> 01:02:53,208
we could provide everybody
with more than they need.
1061
01:02:53,235 --> 01:02:57,498
I'm saying that the
average person in this Venus Project
1062
01:02:57,532 --> 01:03:01,657
will live better than
the wealthiest people today.
1063
01:03:03,603 --> 01:03:06,257
(Roxanne) But first, you take
a survey of the Earth's resources.
1064
01:03:06,358 --> 01:03:09,358
You don't leave it up to the opinion of somebody
1065
01:03:09,358 --> 01:03:10,717
or a group of people.
1066
01:03:10,717 --> 01:03:12,717
You find out what you have
1067
01:03:12,717 --> 01:03:15,717
and that gives you the parameters
of what you can work with.
1068
01:03:15,717 --> 01:03:19,456
So you find out where
your technical personnel are,
1069
01:03:19,458 --> 01:03:21,940
where your water is, where your arable land is,
1070
01:03:22,041 --> 01:03:24,346
the health of the people
and the needs of the people
1071
01:03:24,358 --> 01:03:25,889
and you build according to that.
1072
01:03:25,967 --> 01:03:28,157
That will determine where your hospitals go,
1073
01:03:28,353 --> 01:03:29,753
and everything else.
1074
01:03:30,623 --> 01:03:34,257
(Narrator) A Resource-Based Economy
operates as a balanced-load economy.
1075
01:03:34,358 --> 01:03:36,780
This means avoiding shortages and over-runs
1076
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:40,353
thus optimizing efficiency and conserving energy.
1077
01:03:41,065 --> 01:03:44,398
There would be no excesses and little waste.
1078
01:03:44,717 --> 01:03:47,442
It would be balanced
to the environmental conditions
1079
01:03:47,505 --> 01:03:49,257
and human needs.
1080
01:03:50,306 --> 01:03:53,659
For instance, there would be
no houses without people in them
1081
01:03:53,815 --> 01:03:57,070
or cargo trains travelling empty
or stored in freight yards
1082
01:03:57,157 --> 01:03:59,813
dependent on the business cycle for their use.
1083
01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:04,731
This also ensures natural resources are
not depleted, as in our present system.
1084
01:04:05,717 --> 01:04:09,317
(Jacque) Here's where I got the ideas from:
the human body.
1085
01:04:10,228 --> 01:04:14,565
The brain says "If I do all the thinking,
I want most of the nutrients."
1086
01:04:14,565 --> 01:04:16,541
And the lungs would say "Just a minute!
1087
01:04:16,541 --> 01:04:20,489
If I don't oxygenate the blood,
you couldn't work as a brain."
1088
01:04:20,688 --> 01:04:23,594
So the brain says
"Alright. I'll give you whatever you need."
1089
01:04:23,594 --> 01:04:29,025
Then the liver says "If I don't filter,
the brain and the lungs will die."
1090
01:04:29,097 --> 01:04:32,204
So, every organ gets whatever the hell it needs.
1091
01:04:32,204 --> 01:04:34,815
And so, you have a system that works.
1092
01:04:34,815 --> 01:04:38,561
When you get an infection in your toe,
there's no commitee meeting.
1093
01:04:38,563 --> 01:04:41,715
No democracy, where
they send a committee to the brain
1094
01:04:41,715 --> 01:04:44,025
that say "There's an infection in the toe."
1095
01:04:44,025 --> 01:04:46,597
And the brain says
"We're going to do a three-month study."
1096
01:04:46,597 --> 01:04:48,981
By that time, the infection is up to your knee.
1097
01:04:49,896 --> 01:04:53,724
(Narrator) To achieve the
intelligent management of resources,
1098
01:04:54,655 --> 01:04:59,085
technologies are used to
monitor and track goods and services.
1099
01:04:59,684 --> 01:05:03,273
This is similar to industrial processes of today,
1100
01:05:03,594 --> 01:05:07,679
but updated, to equitably distribute
goods and services to all.
1101
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:12,326
This is the basis for a
Total Global Systems Approach.
1102
01:05:12,431 --> 01:05:14,735
(Erik) I can imagine an abundance economy
1103
01:05:14,737 --> 01:05:17,085
where robots do most of the work,
1104
01:05:17,085 --> 01:05:21,916
where our food, our clothing, our shelter
are created by machines.
1105
01:05:21,934 --> 01:05:24,900
And I think it's very realistic
for us to eliminate,
1106
01:05:24,900 --> 01:05:27,958
completely eliminate absolute poverty worldwide,
1107
01:05:27,958 --> 01:05:31,188
not just in the United States, by the year 2035.
1108
01:05:31,188 --> 01:05:33,219
Nobody needs to starve ever again.
1109
01:05:33,219 --> 01:05:35,673
That could be an enormous milestone
1110
01:05:35,675 --> 01:05:38,282
that is achievable because of technology.
1111
01:05:38,481 --> 01:05:40,632
(Jacque) When we computerize everything,
1112
01:05:40,632 --> 01:05:45,021
and start producing things
and make things available,
1113
01:05:45,021 --> 01:05:47,922
it'll be too cheap to monitor.
1114
01:05:48,007 --> 01:05:49,505
(Narrator) With the most capable computers
1115
01:05:49,505 --> 01:05:53,532
we can arrive at more appropriate decisions
on a global scale.
1116
01:05:53,632 --> 01:05:57,077
(Jacque) I have no doubt that
machines will eventually
1117
01:05:57,077 --> 01:06:00,762
be assigned more and more decision making.
1118
01:06:01,001 --> 01:06:02,646
For example, years ago,
1119
01:06:02,646 --> 01:06:04,418
a pilot would look out of a plane and say
1120
01:06:04,418 --> 01:06:06,329
"I think I'm about a mile high."
1121
01:06:06,329 --> 01:06:08,257
But today, they have doppler radar
1122
01:06:08,257 --> 01:06:10,411
and they know exactly how high they are.
1123
01:06:10,411 --> 01:06:13,335
So, we don't want human guesswork anymore,
1124
01:06:13,335 --> 01:06:14,769
when a machine can do it.
1125
01:06:14,871 --> 01:06:19,983
So I see the future as
using very sophisticated computers
1126
01:06:20,016 --> 01:06:21,405
that make decisions.
1127
01:06:21,507 --> 01:06:23,496
Now how do computers make decisions?
1128
01:06:23,661 --> 01:06:26,972
They have their tentacles out
into Transportation,
1129
01:06:27,128 --> 01:06:31,210
Agriculture..., so they can tell you
when the soil is depleted,
1130
01:06:31,210 --> 01:06:32,936
when it has less water,
1131
01:06:32,936 --> 01:06:35,750
because it has sensors built into the soil.
1132
01:06:36,304 --> 01:06:37,998
The computer will be connected
1133
01:06:37,998 --> 01:06:41,492
to weather departments,
earthquake zones, everything.
1134
01:06:41,492 --> 01:06:45,380
So I feel that eventually,
government will become computerized.
1135
01:06:46,074 --> 01:06:49,255
(Narrator) Today, the world's
fastest computer is in China.
1136
01:06:49,862 --> 01:06:52,001
The Tianhe-2 supercomputer is capable of
1137
01:06:52,099 --> 01:06:56,579
33.86 quadrillion floating point
operations per second.
1138
01:06:56,679 --> 01:06:58,635
[Fareed Zakaria, CNN Host]
Eighty percent of what doctors do
1139
01:06:58,735 --> 01:07:00,527
is going to be done by computers.
1140
01:07:00,568 --> 01:07:02,226
Is that really true?
1141
01:07:02,327 --> 01:07:04,561
[Vinod Khosla, Sun Microsystems]
Absolutely. I have zero doubt.
1142
01:07:04,570 --> 01:07:07,831
You won't want a doctor to do your diagnosis
1143
01:07:07,833 --> 01:07:10,128
or monitoring, or pick your therapy.
1144
01:07:10,295 --> 01:07:13,286
That's why IBM's Watson
is trying to pick cancer therapies,
1145
01:07:13,376 --> 01:07:15,309
because it's too complex for humans to do.
1146
01:07:15,489 --> 01:07:20,713
There's 15,000 diseases, 15,000 devices,
drugs, therapies, prescriptions...
1147
01:07:21,014 --> 01:07:22,885
You think if you're a cardiac patient,
1148
01:07:22,947 --> 01:07:26,023
your cardiologist has read even a hundred
1149
01:07:26,123 --> 01:07:30,577
of the last 5,000 articles
published last year on cardiac disease?
1150
01:07:31,360 --> 01:07:32,485
Not a chance!
1151
01:07:32,585 --> 01:07:34,128
- But the computer can go through it all?
1152
01:07:34,228 --> 01:07:35,327
- Absolutely!
1153
01:07:35,367 --> 01:07:37,632
(Erik) You may have seen IBM's Watson
1154
01:07:37,632 --> 01:07:40,418
defeat the world champion in the game of Jeopardy.
1155
01:07:40,418 --> 01:07:42,869
Well, that same technology can also be used
1156
01:07:42,969 --> 01:07:46,563
to solve legal problems,
to answer questions in call centers,
1157
01:07:46,795 --> 01:07:48,485
to make medical diagnoses...
1158
01:07:48,585 --> 01:07:50,286
These are just wondrous technologies
1159
01:07:50,385 --> 01:07:53,025
that are having enormous implications
going forward.
1160
01:07:53,126 --> 01:07:56,338
Recently, I got a chance
to ride in a self-driving car.
1161
01:07:56,619 --> 01:07:58,896
Ten years ago,
I would have said that's impossible.
1162
01:07:59,054 --> 01:08:00,432
But, of course, it did happen,
1163
01:08:00,534 --> 01:08:02,898
and riding down route 101 in California
1164
01:08:02,998 --> 01:08:05,054
was a breathtaking experience for me.
1165
01:08:05,568 --> 01:08:08,815
At first, it was a little frightening.
Then it was a little exhilarating.
1166
01:08:08,914 --> 01:08:12,297
And, ultimately,
I felt quite comfortable in that car.
1167
01:08:12,398 --> 01:08:13,451
(Vinod) Humans have accidents.
1168
01:08:13,601 --> 01:08:17,872
Google's driverless car has driven
700,000 miles without an accident.
1169
01:08:17,970 --> 01:08:21,733
Even the best humans have accidents
before they get to 700,000 miles.
1170
01:08:21,931 --> 01:08:25,064
(Erik) All of us are beginning
to be able to speak to our machines,
1171
01:08:25,162 --> 01:08:27,364
whether they're cell phones, or computers
1172
01:08:27,466 --> 01:08:29,609
and have them understand what we're saying.
1173
01:08:29,813 --> 01:08:31,947
That would have been science fiction
a few years ago,
1174
01:08:32,046 --> 01:08:34,957
but now the machines
are able to carry out our instructions
1175
01:08:35,109 --> 01:08:38,225
and even respond back to us
with computer synthesized voices.
1176
01:08:38,402 --> 01:08:43,375
(Vinod) I think 10 - 20 years from now,
there will be very few areas,
1177
01:08:43,475 --> 01:08:48,335
maybe none, where human judgement
is better than machine judgement.
1178
01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:52,854
(Jacque) So the computers will
eventually be put in charge of everything,
1179
01:08:52,953 --> 01:08:55,313
except human behavior.
1180
01:08:55,564 --> 01:08:59,536
(Reporter) Technology can eliminate
critical life-or-death errors.
1181
01:08:59,684 --> 01:09:03,154
A machine, instead of humans,
fills the prescriptions.
1182
01:09:03,337 --> 01:09:05,488
The robot gives a huge amount of confidence
1183
01:09:05,506 --> 01:09:07,956
because we know that
pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
1184
01:09:08,055 --> 01:09:09,288
are incredibly skilled people,
1185
01:09:09,390 --> 01:09:11,904
but they're humans,
and they will occasionally make mistakes.
1186
01:09:12,002 --> 01:09:16,368
We give something like
3 million doses of drug, in 3 months here,
1187
01:09:16,470 --> 01:09:19,114
so even a 1% error rate is far too high.
1188
01:09:19,216 --> 01:09:23,663
(Jacque) So, eventually you're going to
get to computerized government.
1189
01:09:23,850 --> 01:09:26,005
And that's the end of corruption,
1190
01:09:26,203 --> 01:09:28,864
because they don't have ambition.
1191
01:09:28,966 --> 01:09:31,724
Computers don't say
"I'd like to be President of the World."
1192
01:09:31,823 --> 01:09:33,698
"I want to control people."
1193
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:35,381
They don't have a gut reaction.
1194
01:09:35,841 --> 01:09:38,662
(Narrator) If utilized in this
global systems approach,
1195
01:09:38,761 --> 01:09:42,180
we could surpass
the practice of political decisions
1196
01:09:42,181 --> 01:09:45,444
based on power and advantage.
1197
01:09:45,578 --> 01:09:48,568
(Jacque) Even computer experts
are writing books now
1198
01:09:48,667 --> 01:09:51,376
on the 'machine takeover - watch out!'
1199
01:09:51,475 --> 01:09:53,010
They're not going to take over.
1200
01:09:53,109 --> 01:09:55,576
They're going to be assigned to decision making.
1201
01:09:55,676 --> 01:09:59,220
(Erik) I'm not worried about the
machines getting angry and taking over,
1202
01:09:59,319 --> 01:10:01,621
I'm worrying about people maybe getting angry
1203
01:10:01,720 --> 01:10:04,882
if we don't figure out an equitable way
to use these technologies
1204
01:10:04,984 --> 01:10:06,823
to create shared prosperity.
1205
01:10:07,500 --> 01:10:10,631
(Narrator) The Venus Project
proposes ways to achieve this.
1206
01:10:11,091 --> 01:10:14,704
Inter-connected sustainable cities
utilize cyber-centers
1207
01:10:14,805 --> 01:10:18,537
which coordinate industries,
transportation systems,
1208
01:10:18,636 --> 01:10:22,283
public health care,
and the flow of goods and services.
1209
01:10:22,451 --> 01:10:24,692
These cybernated centers would connect all cities
1210
01:10:24,792 --> 01:10:26,927
and help with environmental reclamation.
1211
01:10:27,662 --> 01:10:28,681
In the beginning,
1212
01:10:28,783 --> 01:10:31,841
interdisciplinary technical teams
would manage productivity
1213
01:10:31,931 --> 01:10:34,796
until even these tasks are automated.
1214
01:10:37,537 --> 01:10:40,292
Mega-machines, directed by AI,
1215
01:10:40,435 --> 01:10:42,939
could excavate canals,
1216
01:10:43,139 --> 01:10:45,055
construct bridges,
1217
01:10:45,153 --> 01:10:46,907
viaducts,
1218
01:10:47,145 --> 01:10:49,466
and dams.
1219
01:10:49,935 --> 01:10:52,908
Self-erecting structures would be expedient
1220
01:10:53,078 --> 01:10:56,750
in the construction of industrial plants,
1221
01:11:00,979 --> 01:11:03,235
apartments
1222
01:11:05,528 --> 01:11:09,978
and eventually,
most of the global infrastructure.
1223
01:11:16,475 --> 01:11:19,855
(Jacque) We study all of the
negative effects before we build anything.
1224
01:11:20,033 --> 01:11:23,509
So there's a whole group of
engineers and computers
1225
01:11:23,658 --> 01:11:27,471
doing long-term studies of
all of the negative retroactions.
1226
01:11:28,073 --> 01:11:30,595
(Narrator) With the threat of climate change,
1227
01:11:30,697 --> 01:11:34,484
we may be forced to take large engineering feats.
1228
01:11:34,569 --> 01:11:38,337
The Venus Project proposes
automated canal diggers
1229
01:11:38,384 --> 01:11:43,009
to bring rising seawaters
into below sea level deserts,
1230
01:11:43,109 --> 01:11:45,335
enabling them to bloom.
1231
01:11:46,104 --> 01:11:49,337
The cities would only use clean sources of energy.
1232
01:11:49,916 --> 01:11:52,752
Some say this is not possible,
but even today,
1233
01:11:52,850 --> 01:11:55,858
Professor Mark Jacobson
is demonstrating otherwise.
1234
01:11:56,085 --> 01:11:59,313
(Mark) So, our goal is to replace all fossil fuels.
1235
01:11:59,412 --> 01:12:01,842
There's 30 times more solar available, worldwide,
1236
01:12:01,944 --> 01:12:03,862
over land and high solar locations
1237
01:12:03,962 --> 01:12:05,548
than we'd need to power the entire world
1238
01:12:05,649 --> 01:12:08,140
for all purposes in 2030.
1239
01:12:08,238 --> 01:12:10,372
And there's seven times more wind
1240
01:12:10,372 --> 01:12:11,947
than you'd need to do the same thing.
1241
01:12:13,652 --> 01:12:15,694
So we're looking to combine
1242
01:12:15,747 --> 01:12:18,529
all clean renewable energy sources
that are available:
1243
01:12:19,573 --> 01:12:20,792
Wind
1244
01:12:20,966 --> 01:12:22,523
Solar Power
1245
01:12:22,622 --> 01:12:24,826
Geothermal Power
1246
01:12:25,024 --> 01:12:28,840
Hydro-electric, Tidal Power, and Wave Power...
1247
01:12:29,483 --> 01:12:32,541
We would need about 4 million large wind turbines
1248
01:12:32,542 --> 01:12:35,180
to power about 50% of the entire world
for all purposes.
1249
01:12:35,279 --> 01:12:37,051
You might say, "Well, that sounds like a lot!"
1250
01:12:37,152 --> 01:12:39,247
But keep in mind, during World War II,
1251
01:12:39,301 --> 01:12:42,904
the world produced about 800,000 aircraft
1252
01:12:43,478 --> 01:12:46,684
in the space of 5 - 6 years.
1253
01:12:46,685 --> 01:12:50,545
And the US produced about 330,000 aircraft
in 4-5 years.
1254
01:12:50,545 --> 01:12:52,520
1255
01:12:52,520 --> 01:12:55,551
That was decades ago.
1256
01:12:55,652 --> 01:12:57,658
Now, we have better technologies
1257
01:12:57,658 --> 01:13:00,604
and abilities to ramp up production.
1258
01:13:02,056 --> 01:13:04,225
So, it really comes down to will-power.
1259
01:13:04,274 --> 01:13:09,076
It's not a technological or economic blockade
to solving this problem.
1260
01:13:09,443 --> 01:13:11,962
It's really a social and political blockade.
1261
01:13:14,511 --> 01:13:18,770
CITIES IN A RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY
1262
01:13:19,060 --> 01:13:22,347
(Narrator) The first city
would be a testing ground
1263
01:13:22,524 --> 01:13:25,783
for the implementation
and further development
1264
01:13:25,881 --> 01:13:28,242
of these social aims.
1265
01:13:28,975 --> 01:13:31,398
The first city would be a huge research center
1266
01:13:31,564 --> 01:13:33,925
making automated systems for the next city.
1267
01:13:34,024 --> 01:13:35,747
Making the first city better, as well.
1268
01:13:35,912 --> 01:13:39,426
It would be a place where
we would disseminate information,
1269
01:13:39,528 --> 01:13:40,970
we would have movie studios,
1270
01:13:41,127 --> 01:13:44,016
we'd be making gaming, computer animation,
1271
01:13:44,117 --> 01:13:46,586
a lot of different media
to get out to the public.
1272
01:13:46,712 --> 01:13:48,653
It would be like a university city.
1273
01:13:48,957 --> 01:13:50,609
We would have instructions as to
1274
01:13:50,609 --> 01:13:53,921
what sustainability really means for the future.
1275
01:13:55,095 --> 01:13:57,813
(Jacque) The cities of the future are circular,
1276
01:13:57,814 --> 01:14:00,148
not because I like circles;
1277
01:14:00,326 --> 01:14:04,823
it's because you only have to design
one segment of the system
1278
01:14:04,823 --> 01:14:08,354
and then reproduce it in pie-shaped sectors
1279
01:14:08,354 --> 01:14:10,652
and that would be the most economical way.
1280
01:14:12,768 --> 01:14:15,707
When you build 'Suburbia',
it's spread out.
1281
01:14:15,743 --> 01:14:18,037
Then you have to travel one way to the dentist,
1282
01:14:18,197 --> 01:14:19,505
the other way for shopping,
1283
01:14:19,649 --> 01:14:21,215
another way to the doctor...
1284
01:14:24,158 --> 01:14:27,855
This system is self-contained.
1285
01:14:29,038 --> 01:14:31,104
There's wind generators.
1286
01:14:31,306 --> 01:14:34,703
All of the rooftops are solar generating.
1287
01:14:34,703 --> 01:14:38,837
All of the garbage and waste is
recycled under the ground
1288
01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:40,466
underneath these roadways.
1289
01:14:40,653 --> 01:14:45,069
All of the roadways contain piping
running up and back,
1290
01:14:45,069 --> 01:14:47,230
and we use all of that hot water
1291
01:14:47,230 --> 01:14:51,033
to operate the air conditioning,
and the needs of the city.
1292
01:14:54,237 --> 01:14:56,859
Now, where the residential district is,
1293
01:14:56,859 --> 01:14:58,868
if you work in the medical center,
1294
01:14:58,966 --> 01:15:01,224
you can live here, if you choose to.
1295
01:15:03,466 --> 01:15:07,863
So this is, essentially,
a collection of variations in houses.
1296
01:15:10,112 --> 01:15:13,738
Your house will vary to suit your needs.
1297
01:15:16,154 --> 01:15:18,569
(Narrator) Fresco's designs are a showcase
1298
01:15:18,667 --> 01:15:23,680
for the harmonious coexistence
of nature and technology.
1299
01:15:25,109 --> 01:15:29,314
(Jacque) Now, some people don't like
living in individual houses.
1300
01:15:29,658 --> 01:15:31,787
They prefer living in apartments
1301
01:15:31,787 --> 01:15:33,341
cause there's a gymnasium,
1302
01:15:33,341 --> 01:15:35,806
drama group,
discussion groups,
1303
01:15:35,806 --> 01:15:37,792
recreation of all kinds...
1304
01:15:37,893 --> 01:15:40,595
So, the skyscraper in the future
1305
01:15:40,595 --> 01:15:43,837
will offer more of the amenities.
1306
01:15:43,845 --> 01:15:46,108
(Roxanne) This is your Recreational Belt.
1307
01:15:46,109 --> 01:15:48,439
There'd be art centers, music centers,
1308
01:15:48,537 --> 01:15:50,948
recreational areas...
1309
01:15:52,243 --> 01:15:54,104
(Jacque) These are bicycle paths.
1310
01:15:54,305 --> 01:15:56,265
There are tennis courts,
1311
01:15:56,364 --> 01:15:58,122
and these are golf courses.
1312
01:15:58,125 --> 01:16:00,462
But the golf courses contain a clubhouse
1313
01:16:00,578 --> 01:16:02,376
with all of the golf clubs,
1314
01:16:02,524 --> 01:16:06,323
so you don't have to bring
anything out to the golf course.
1315
01:16:06,484 --> 01:16:07,949
You'd stay there, play golf
1316
01:16:07,948 --> 01:16:10,536
and when you're through,
you leave the clubs there.
1317
01:16:10,774 --> 01:16:12,434
These are access buildings
1318
01:16:12,578 --> 01:16:15,296
where anyone can access books,
1319
01:16:15,398 --> 01:16:18,109
a violin, musical instruments...
1320
01:16:18,475 --> 01:16:21,639
Anything that they want
is free and available.
1321
01:16:22,375 --> 01:16:24,287
(Roxanne) These are your Research Centers.
1322
01:16:24,461 --> 01:16:28,921
Everything studied in these areas
is to improve your standard of living,
1323
01:16:28,921 --> 01:16:30,277
and everybody else there.
1324
01:16:30,475 --> 01:16:32,858
There would be no lawyers,
no bankers,
1325
01:16:32,859 --> 01:16:37,828
no ad agencies, no insurance people,
no sales people...
1326
01:16:37,926 --> 01:16:40,193
Without money,
you don't need any of those things.
1327
01:16:40,376 --> 01:16:44,429
So you could go right into
solving the problems that all of us have.
1328
01:16:44,430 --> 01:16:45,827
That's what we'd be working on.
1329
01:16:45,827 --> 01:16:49,274
Today, we're fighting over
people who have different values,
1330
01:16:49,274 --> 01:16:51,413
and we're fighting over scarce resources.
1331
01:16:51,550 --> 01:16:53,368
In the future, you won't have to do that.
1332
01:16:53,466 --> 01:16:55,171
You'd be working cooperatively
1333
01:16:55,171 --> 01:16:57,542
to improve the standard of living for everyone.
1334
01:16:57,626 --> 01:17:00,712
(Jacque) A lot of people think that
I want to give people things for nothing,
1335
01:17:00,715 --> 01:17:02,126
and that's going to spoil people.
1336
01:17:02,127 --> 01:17:03,989
The fact that you're born in America,
1337
01:17:03,989 --> 01:17:06,100
you had nothing to do with the airplane,
1338
01:17:06,239 --> 01:17:08,345
the telephone, the railways...
1339
01:17:08,345 --> 01:17:11,912
It's all here, and you're lucky,
cause you inherited that.
1340
01:17:11,912 --> 01:17:13,349
Just being born here.
1341
01:17:13,350 --> 01:17:14,672
That doesn't spoil you.
1342
01:17:14,862 --> 01:17:17,795
So there's really no basis for crime,
1343
01:17:17,926 --> 01:17:20,738
since anyone can access anything they need.
1344
01:17:21,453 --> 01:17:24,114
No one's going to hit you on your head
and take your wallet.
1345
01:17:24,542 --> 01:17:26,814
Because there's no money in it anymore.
1346
01:17:26,913 --> 01:17:29,313
The Monetary System has been surpassed.
1347
01:17:29,497 --> 01:17:31,796
(Erik) And when we have
that kind of abundance economy,
1348
01:17:31,997 --> 01:17:34,112
most of us will be able to spend most of our time
1349
01:17:34,113 --> 01:17:35,460
doing the things we enjoy doing.
1350
01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:37,515
The kinds of things you might have seen
1351
01:17:37,515 --> 01:17:40,868
the Athenians do during their golden age.
1352
01:17:40,871 --> 01:17:43,546
They had human slaves
to take care of their basic needs.
1353
01:17:43,983 --> 01:17:46,288
We can do it with robots.
1354
01:17:46,703 --> 01:17:48,255
- Amazing!
1355
01:17:48,255 --> 01:17:50,359
And what would you suggest the cooks
1356
01:17:50,362 --> 01:17:54,886
and housewives of the world do
with all that extra time?
1357
01:17:58,460 --> 01:18:01,407
(Jacque) There's an island called Isle of Man.
1358
01:18:01,805 --> 01:18:04,496
On that island, there's a stream down below
1359
01:18:04,595 --> 01:18:07,060
and the women wear a harness
1360
01:18:07,238 --> 01:18:09,134
and they go down and get two buckets of water
1361
01:18:09,283 --> 01:18:12,203
and climb up to their home up there
1362
01:18:12,502 --> 01:18:14,413
where they boil and cook food.
1363
01:18:14,554 --> 01:18:16,658
The women have to skin animals
1364
01:18:16,689 --> 01:18:20,787
and get the animal fat out
to operate their lamps.
1365
01:18:21,171 --> 01:18:23,328
And if someone said to the women
1366
01:18:23,429 --> 01:18:27,479
"Some day, you'll turn a gadget and water will flow
1367
01:18:27,578 --> 01:18:32,286
at whatever speed you want,
without you having to go down to the river.
1368
01:18:32,478 --> 01:18:35,944
And some day,
you'll press a button and the lights will go on
1369
01:18:36,288 --> 01:18:38,746
and you won't have to skin animal fat."
1370
01:18:38,886 --> 01:18:42,105
And the woman says "Yes, but what will women do?"
1371
01:18:43,273 --> 01:18:45,886
People will get engaged in how to live,
1372
01:18:45,889 --> 01:18:49,002
how to relate, to travel, scuba diving,
1373
01:18:49,002 --> 01:18:51,902
restoring the reefs and the oceans
that we damaged,
1374
01:18:52,112 --> 01:18:54,301
cleaning the ocean and the atmosphere.
1375
01:18:54,671 --> 01:18:56,109
So much we don't know.
1376
01:18:56,131 --> 01:18:58,344
And you can go back to school, free of charge.
1377
01:18:58,439 --> 01:19:02,207
And every city will be a university city
1378
01:19:02,207 --> 01:19:05,662
where you're updated on what's new.
1379
01:19:09,029 --> 01:19:12,416
PART IV
1380
01:19:12,993 --> 01:19:15,109
(Narrator) We would re-examine everything.
1381
01:19:15,399 --> 01:19:18,895
From our social arrangements
and building processes
1382
01:19:19,274 --> 01:19:20,993
to our value system.
1383
01:19:21,381 --> 01:19:24,411
Let's explore how this
new social concept would work
1384
01:19:24,412 --> 01:19:26,710
within a Resource-Based Economy.
1385
01:19:26,810 --> 01:19:32,189
It's not just architecture;
It's a way of thinking.
1386
01:19:35,386 --> 01:19:37,948
UPDATED VALUES IN A
GLOBAL RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY
1387
01:19:38,247 --> 01:19:41,019
(Jacque) We still have neural lag.
1388
01:19:41,020 --> 01:19:43,648
It's hard for us to step into the future
1389
01:19:43,703 --> 01:19:45,994
without dragging some of the past.
1390
01:19:46,095 --> 01:19:49,033
We won't make the history books of the future.
1391
01:19:49,287 --> 01:19:51,310
We are that ignorant.
1392
01:19:51,546 --> 01:19:56,171
Not in technology;
we're doing fine in computers and electronics.
1393
01:19:56,314 --> 01:20:00,561
But the human value system
is not moving fast enough.
1394
01:20:00,567 --> 01:20:04,020
I would say that people
would be much more productive,
1395
01:20:04,121 --> 01:20:08,139
much more humane...; much happier people.
1396
01:20:08,297 --> 01:20:12,112
That is the question.
Will people be happier with new technology?
1397
01:20:12,125 --> 01:20:15,185
No, not new technology alone,
1398
01:20:15,185 --> 01:20:17,528
but with a value system and new technology.
1399
01:20:18,091 --> 01:20:21,011
OPINION
1400
01:20:21,310 --> 01:20:24,528
In many instances,
we ask people for their opinion.
1401
01:20:24,529 --> 01:20:27,510
Do you think man will ever get to the moon?
1402
01:20:27,609 --> 01:20:30,487
They may say "Maybe 10,000 years from now",
1403
01:20:30,587 --> 01:20:35,211
instead of saying "I don't know enough
about that to give you a sensible answer."
1404
01:20:35,310 --> 01:20:36,862
That's the way you talk.
1405
01:20:37,127 --> 01:20:39,310
But they have opinions about everything.
1406
01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:42,612
"There'll always be war,
there always has been war
1407
01:20:42,649 --> 01:20:44,438
because man is greedy!"
1408
01:20:44,515 --> 01:20:48,756
That's what they 'repeat';
a loop of what they've heard in the past.
1409
01:20:48,951 --> 01:20:51,212
GREED
- The point is, ladies and gentlemen,
1410
01:20:51,310 --> 01:20:55,242
that greed is good.
1411
01:20:55,546 --> 01:20:58,628
Greed is right.
Greed works.
1412
01:20:59,460 --> 01:21:02,795
(Roxanne) People are reinforced
in this culture to be greedy.
1413
01:21:02,993 --> 01:21:05,375
The more you have,
the more you abuse other people
1414
01:21:05,375 --> 01:21:07,127
in order to get what you have.
1415
01:21:07,229 --> 01:21:10,024
You're looked upon as being successful.
1416
01:21:10,024 --> 01:21:13,492
You admire the people with money
that have those things.
1417
01:21:13,680 --> 01:21:18,381
And they usually get it off other people's backs,
that they abuse terribly.
1418
01:21:18,640 --> 01:21:21,563
So, you're not born being greedy.
1419
01:21:21,564 --> 01:21:24,740
(Jacque) People think that
you can't change human nature.
1420
01:21:24,913 --> 01:21:27,809
If you couldn't change it,
we'd still be living in caves.
1421
01:21:27,935 --> 01:21:30,180
So obviously, we're undergoing change.
1422
01:21:30,180 --> 01:21:32,131
So human nature is not fixed
1423
01:21:32,367 --> 01:21:35,663
and greed is brought about by scarcity
1424
01:21:35,666 --> 01:21:37,045
or lack of resources.
1425
01:21:37,243 --> 01:21:40,426
SCARCITY
1426
01:21:40,970 --> 01:21:42,930
(Roxanne) There are some
animals that are very docile.
1427
01:21:43,229 --> 01:21:47,096
The cows on the next field;
they wouldn't hurt each other at all.
1428
01:21:47,251 --> 01:21:49,980
But when we approach them with oranges
1429
01:21:50,082 --> 01:21:52,176
because there's a scarcity of oranges
1430
01:21:52,176 --> 01:21:54,448
they start bucking each other.
1431
01:21:54,502 --> 01:21:56,952
So it's really a matter of scarcity.
1432
01:21:57,113 --> 01:21:59,112
What The Venus Project is trying to do
1433
01:21:59,113 --> 01:22:01,787
is eliminate scarcity and produce abundance.
1434
01:22:01,826 --> 01:22:04,979
And for the first time in history,
we can do that
1435
01:22:04,979 --> 01:22:06,804
because we have the technology
1436
01:22:06,805 --> 01:22:10,341
to be able to supply people
with whatever they need.
1437
01:22:10,751 --> 01:22:13,207
INTELLIGENCE
1438
01:22:13,372 --> 01:22:17,289
(Jacque) Some people believe that there's
such a thing as human intelligence.
1439
01:22:18,006 --> 01:22:23,868
Remember that an intelligent
electrical engineer of 75 years ago
1440
01:22:23,970 --> 01:22:25,703
could not get a job today.
1441
01:22:25,868 --> 01:22:29,868
So what you once called intelligent,
was intelligent at that time
1442
01:22:29,970 --> 01:22:31,868
within that frame of reference.
1443
01:22:31,970 --> 01:22:33,974
It's an ongoing process.
1444
01:22:34,265 --> 01:22:36,934
Now, what is the real meaning of intelligence?
1445
01:22:37,229 --> 01:22:42,813
The ability to extract significant
information from any situation.
1446
01:22:43,122 --> 01:22:46,904
I would say that it depends
on the next 20 years.
1447
01:22:46,904 --> 01:22:50,689
We'll know whether there's intelligent life on Earth.
1448
01:22:50,750 --> 01:22:53,750
It depends on what we do about the environment
1449
01:22:53,751 --> 01:22:56,871
and what we do about the human problem;
1450
01:22:56,970 --> 01:23:03,970
Poverty, hunger in the world,
sickness and waste of resources.
1451
01:23:04,256 --> 01:23:08,970
If we learn how to manage
the Earth's resources intelligently,
1452
01:23:09,313 --> 01:23:14,444
we can overcome most of the problems
in a relatively short time.
1453
01:23:14,520 --> 01:23:18,448
CREATIVITY
1454
01:23:18,631 --> 01:23:22,992
Creativity is taking known systems
1455
01:23:23,152 --> 01:23:26,439
and putting them together in unique ways,
1456
01:23:26,439 --> 01:23:29,869
and adding a few things
to improve the product.
1457
01:23:29,970 --> 01:23:35,435
That goes for music,
art, drawings, invention....
1458
01:23:35,581 --> 01:23:37,885
But if you study the history of invention,
1459
01:23:37,970 --> 01:23:43,734
you will see a relationship
and the tie of all these variables.
1460
01:23:43,886 --> 01:23:46,771
OUTDATED CONCEPTS OF MOTIVATION
1461
01:23:46,773 --> 01:23:50,179
I think that's part of the
propaganda of each system,
1462
01:23:50,180 --> 01:23:55,332
that tells people that the financial gain
is the main motivation for people.
1463
01:23:55,430 --> 01:23:57,662
It is that people are interested in money
1464
01:23:58,064 --> 01:24:01,377
but there are other people
that are motivated by other interests.
1465
01:24:01,479 --> 01:24:04,685
Medical research;
people devote their lives to it.
1466
01:24:05,027 --> 01:24:07,770
There are people that work real hard
and save up money
1467
01:24:07,854 --> 01:24:11,261
and go to Africa and spend
all their time trying to help people.
1468
01:24:11,359 --> 01:24:13,202
They're not motivated by money.
1469
01:24:13,389 --> 01:24:18,029
And I am suspicious of people
that are only motivated by money.
1470
01:24:18,261 --> 01:24:21,229
- And a $40,000 (US) gold fuckin' watch!
1471
01:24:21,725 --> 01:24:24,229
It's not a healthy motivation.
1472
01:24:24,479 --> 01:24:26,225
If you want to know what kills incentive...
1473
01:24:26,326 --> 01:24:28,917
If you give people
the minimum amount of money;
1474
01:24:28,961 --> 01:24:33,154
minimum vacation,
hard dirty work with no future...
1475
01:24:33,229 --> 01:24:35,478
A man that washes dishes in a restaurant...
1476
01:24:35,791 --> 01:24:38,773
They keep bringing a new pile
in every 20 minutes.
1477
01:24:38,823 --> 01:24:42,354
And he sees no out.
He can never buy a home or own a car.
1478
01:24:42,447 --> 01:24:43,818
He doesn't own enough.
1479
01:24:43,917 --> 01:24:45,770
So what incentive is that?
1480
01:24:45,877 --> 01:24:48,850
But he has to wash the dishes,
because he's got two kids.
1481
01:24:49,028 --> 01:24:50,238
He's got to feed them.
1482
01:24:50,337 --> 01:24:53,206
And that's not good for mental health at all.
1483
01:24:53,381 --> 01:24:55,649
MOTIVATION IN A
RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY
1484
01:24:55,675 --> 01:24:57,886
What will motivate people?
1485
01:24:57,889 --> 01:25:02,243
A world without war, poverty, hunger,
1486
01:25:02,341 --> 01:25:05,318
loss of employment, loss of income...
1487
01:25:05,417 --> 01:25:08,475
Your incentives and options are tremendous.
1488
01:25:08,582 --> 01:25:10,395
Thousands of different things are due,
1489
01:25:10,564 --> 01:25:14,707
now that you've got your food,
and housing, and education.
1490
01:25:14,761 --> 01:25:15,914
Now, you go to work
1491
01:25:16,015 --> 01:25:18,221
on solving, not all problems,
1492
01:25:18,224 --> 01:25:20,591
but all of the problems of that time.
1493
01:25:20,680 --> 01:25:23,657
FUNCTIONAL SELFISHNESS
IN A COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
1494
01:25:23,792 --> 01:25:27,274
So we do it because
we are functionally selfish;
1495
01:25:27,435 --> 01:25:32,333
meaning, being selfish for yourself,
alone, is detrimental.
1496
01:25:32,533 --> 01:25:34,375
But functionally selfish means:
1497
01:25:34,527 --> 01:25:35,783
take care of the environment,
1498
01:25:35,885 --> 01:25:37,988
share ideas with people,
1499
01:25:37,988 --> 01:25:40,784
and in that way, we all gain.
1500
01:25:41,556 --> 01:25:43,676
They can see, on the news every day,
1501
01:25:43,777 --> 01:25:48,067
that everything they do
goes out to all humanity.
1502
01:25:48,462 --> 01:25:50,243
So everybody in the world represents
1503
01:25:50,344 --> 01:25:52,404
an extension to their life,
1504
01:25:52,404 --> 01:25:55,172
rather than everybody selling themselves
1505
01:25:55,175 --> 01:25:57,354
and making a profit on one another.
1506
01:25:57,551 --> 01:26:01,636
They now have the time
to appreciate what the new world does.
1507
01:26:01,796 --> 01:26:05,520
And all of the films of the future
will show them what's happening
1508
01:26:05,694 --> 01:26:06,871
all over the world.
1509
01:26:07,002 --> 01:26:10,916
And what's new, and that
they have free access to what's new.
1510
01:26:10,917 --> 01:26:14,759
Because everybody cares about everybody else.
1511
01:26:15,725 --> 01:26:17,932
UTOPIA
1512
01:26:18,234 --> 01:26:22,202
I'd like to strike out the word "Utopia".
There's no such thing.
1513
01:26:22,402 --> 01:26:25,194
It's like designing the best city possible.
1514
01:26:25,292 --> 01:26:26,547
That's not possible!
1515
01:26:26,810 --> 01:26:28,712
We can design a far better city,
1516
01:26:28,831 --> 01:26:31,358
but as time goes on, with new inventions,
1517
01:26:31,359 --> 01:26:33,777
it's always in the process of change.
1518
01:26:33,983 --> 01:26:36,157
Are we civilized?
Of course not!
1519
01:26:36,296 --> 01:26:38,244
It's an ongoing process.
1520
01:26:38,444 --> 01:26:40,560
People think "Well, your ideas are utopian."
1521
01:26:40,661 --> 01:26:42,310
That's not utopian.
1522
01:26:42,310 --> 01:26:45,470
That's applied technology and efficiency.
1523
01:26:45,948 --> 01:26:47,462
EMERGENT SOCIETY
1524
01:26:47,564 --> 01:26:51,814
What we want is an emergent society,
that's never established.
1525
01:26:51,913 --> 01:26:56,889
Always learning new things;
always moving onward toward change.
1526
01:26:57,038 --> 01:27:03,359
And to help people adjust, emotionally
and intellectually, to expect change.
1527
01:27:03,359 --> 01:27:05,025
Change for the better.
1528
01:27:05,145 --> 01:27:07,887
MORALITY
1529
01:27:08,006 --> 01:27:10,292
If the environment is structured,
1530
01:27:10,435 --> 01:27:14,615
it produces what you would call
ethical and moral behavior.
1531
01:27:15,113 --> 01:27:16,992
But if you don't alter the environment,
1532
01:27:17,091 --> 01:27:20,091
it'll keep producing what you've got now.
1533
01:27:20,193 --> 01:27:22,421
So, the environment has to be changed.
1534
01:27:22,422 --> 01:27:26,752
That means the schools,
the things we learn, our language...
1535
01:27:26,752 --> 01:27:29,443
All of these things have to be updated.
1536
01:27:29,444 --> 01:27:34,556
I think that people will be
ethical to the nature of the world.
1537
01:27:34,559 --> 01:27:37,817
Ethical, not because it says so in a book;
1538
01:27:38,215 --> 01:27:40,649
they're ethical because it's better for them
1539
01:27:40,649 --> 01:27:42,201
and better for society.
1540
01:27:42,301 --> 01:27:44,582
So the new ethics is based upon
1541
01:27:44,694 --> 01:27:48,608
the carrying capacity of the Earth,
rather than my opinion.
1542
01:27:48,756 --> 01:27:51,886
HUMAN RIGHTS
1543
01:27:51,988 --> 01:27:54,149
Will it be a democracy?
1544
01:27:54,149 --> 01:27:55,746
It never was a democracy.
1545
01:27:55,947 --> 01:27:59,631
It's been corrupt all the way back,
only it's never been disclosed.
1546
01:27:59,733 --> 01:28:01,886
Did you vote for the space program?
1547
01:28:02,225 --> 01:28:04,791
Did you vote for the building of warships?
1548
01:28:05,131 --> 01:28:06,774
Did you vote for any wars?
1549
01:28:06,988 --> 01:28:09,425
What the hell do you mean
by participatory democracy?
1550
01:28:09,585 --> 01:28:12,076
It never existed. These are words.
1551
01:28:12,176 --> 01:28:15,502
Whenever you hear
democracy and freedom, watch out!
1552
01:28:15,702 --> 01:28:17,216
That means it doesn't exist.
1553
01:28:17,585 --> 01:28:19,172
In a world where it does exist,
1554
01:28:19,292 --> 01:28:22,439
there are no proclamations as to Human Rights.
1555
01:28:22,537 --> 01:28:24,277
It's built into the system.
1556
01:28:24,417 --> 01:28:26,269
Black studies, womens studies...
1557
01:28:26,368 --> 01:28:29,719
are all part of a system
that hasn't achieved that.
1558
01:28:29,788 --> 01:28:32,502
EMOTIONS
1559
01:28:32,814 --> 01:28:34,368
In the future, for example,
1560
01:28:34,368 --> 01:28:38,145
if you said "There ought to be
more kindness in the world,
1561
01:28:38,246 --> 01:28:40,408
and more cooperation.",
1562
01:28:40,658 --> 01:28:42,350
they would say "How do you do that?"
1563
01:28:42,479 --> 01:28:45,934
If you have nothing to offer,
they'll say, "Why do you make noises?"
1564
01:28:45,935 --> 01:28:49,435
They would not accept that
as anything sensible.
1565
01:28:50,456 --> 01:28:54,027
Emotions are superfluous to the task.
1566
01:28:54,425 --> 01:28:57,863
Your feelings in the future, all emotions,
1567
01:28:57,863 --> 01:29:00,694
will be translated to an action pattern.
1568
01:29:00,863 --> 01:29:03,716
You'll do medical research on how to develop...
1569
01:29:04,055 --> 01:29:06,969
for bones that are getting weaker,
how to strengthen them,
1570
01:29:07,167 --> 01:29:08,917
how to improve the health of people...;
1571
01:29:09,118 --> 01:29:12,328
when emotions are translated to deeds,
1572
01:29:12,461 --> 01:29:14,323
rather than this [praying].
1573
01:29:14,501 --> 01:29:16,983
LOVE
1574
01:29:17,082 --> 01:29:20,099
Now, another thing that really confuses people;
1575
01:29:20,198 --> 01:29:22,364
The word "Love".
1576
01:29:22,617 --> 01:29:27,417
What would happen if you lived
with a replica of yourself?
1577
01:29:27,667 --> 01:29:30,002
How long do you think you'd be together?
1578
01:29:30,184 --> 01:29:31,729
How soon would you crash?
1579
01:29:31,930 --> 01:29:35,251
Do you love yourself all the time?
1580
01:29:35,252 --> 01:29:36,578
Of course not!
1581
01:29:36,894 --> 01:29:38,480
How can you love another person?
1582
01:29:38,662 --> 01:29:41,140
You only love certain things about people
1583
01:29:41,296 --> 01:29:43,546
and certain things about yourself.
1584
01:29:43,738 --> 01:29:46,381
The word "love" will disappear in the future,
1585
01:29:46,384 --> 01:29:51,046
and be replaced by a newer definition
called "extensionality",
1586
01:29:51,145 --> 01:29:53,710
meaning to enhance one another's lives.
1587
01:29:53,711 --> 01:29:58,489
"I love you" are just
empty words that manifest nothing.
1588
01:29:58,948 --> 01:30:02,672
It's how people behave
toward one another that indicates love.
1589
01:30:02,739 --> 01:30:05,246
CONSCIOUSNESS
1590
01:30:05,332 --> 01:30:07,524
There's another thing that's very dangerous;
1591
01:30:08,189 --> 01:30:10,997
Claiming to be 'aware', or 'conscious'.
1592
01:30:11,286 --> 01:30:14,520
You hear that all the time:
"At least I'm conscious."
1593
01:30:14,694 --> 01:30:18,500
I usually meet with those people
and I say "Where is your liver?"
1594
01:30:19,604 --> 01:30:20,996
- "Hmm, well, I'm not sure."
1595
01:30:21,313 --> 01:30:24,692
How fast is the blood moving
through your veins and arteries?
1596
01:30:25,145 --> 01:30:29,993
What area of the brain controls creativity?
1597
01:30:30,091 --> 01:30:32,243
What area is responsible for emotions?
1598
01:30:32,894 --> 01:30:34,774
What do you mean by consciousness?
1599
01:30:35,707 --> 01:30:40,823
A human being, on top of the Empire State
building, can see a 3 ft. ball.
1600
01:30:40,957 --> 01:30:46,944
But a chicken hawk can see a dime,
and see whether it's heads or tails.
1601
01:30:47,122 --> 01:30:51,979
The term used - consciousness, or awareness -
is limited to your senses.
1602
01:30:52,033 --> 01:30:54,014
So we can never be 'conscious'.
1603
01:30:54,332 --> 01:30:56,145
We can grow, in degrees,
1604
01:30:57,122 --> 01:31:01,634
and understand, perhaps,
a little more about many more things.
1605
01:31:01,734 --> 01:31:04,823
But we never can achieve 'consciousness',
1606
01:31:05,019 --> 01:31:09,265
because we don't see gamma rays, cosmic rays...
1607
01:31:09,300 --> 01:31:13,355
We don't see all of those things
without instrumentation.
1608
01:31:13,362 --> 01:31:15,993
RELIGION
1609
01:31:16,567 --> 01:31:20,337
Religion has an old book,
with a lot of myths.
1610
01:31:20,337 --> 01:31:25,193
Packed with myths. And it doesn't
change every year. Consider this.
1611
01:31:25,292 --> 01:31:27,796
A scientist has a book on astronomy.
1612
01:31:27,931 --> 01:31:30,077
Every year, that book undergoes change.
1613
01:31:30,457 --> 01:31:34,920
If you have a book on electronics
that's two years old, it's obsolete.
1614
01:31:35,020 --> 01:31:36,454
So, they undergo change.
1615
01:31:36,555 --> 01:31:40,172
Here's a minister,
with that one book under his arm;
1616
01:31:40,694 --> 01:31:44,663
a real simplistic interpretation of the Earth.
1617
01:31:45,091 --> 01:31:51,822
And it caters to what people fear:
what happens after death.
1618
01:31:55,233 --> 01:31:58,091
(Lawrence) What happens now is that
myths and superstitions are pervasive,
1619
01:31:58,189 --> 01:32:00,640
not because we don't have
better ways of understanding things,
1620
01:32:00,640 --> 01:32:03,956
but because people want to believe things
that make them feel better.
1621
01:32:04,047 --> 01:32:06,278
PURPOSE
1622
01:32:06,478 --> 01:32:11,371
(Jacque) Then they tell you in school that
everything in nature has a purpose;
1623
01:32:11,470 --> 01:32:13,729
like "What's the purpose of life?", and all that.
1624
01:32:14,180 --> 01:32:16,537
They say "The purpose of the eyebrows
1625
01:32:16,921 --> 01:32:20,086
is to deflect sweat off to the side."
1626
01:32:20,087 --> 01:32:22,938
That means, there's a designer.
1627
01:32:23,064 --> 01:32:25,306
And what's the purpose
of coughing and sneezing?
1628
01:32:25,407 --> 01:32:27,224
To infect other people?
1629
01:32:27,323 --> 01:32:31,567
They say the purpose of horns
on an animal is to protect itself.
1630
01:32:31,765 --> 01:32:33,560
I said "What's the purpose of those horns?"
1631
01:32:33,560 --> 01:32:35,563
They said that's for ramming other animals.
1632
01:32:35,662 --> 01:32:37,716
I said "What if the horns go off to the side?"
1633
01:32:37,817 --> 01:32:39,881
Well, that's for keeping them off of the side?
1634
01:32:40,042 --> 01:32:42,796
What if they go back? Does that
keep them off their back? No!
1635
01:32:42,951 --> 01:32:45,453
Animals are born with 'every which way' horns,
1636
01:32:45,453 --> 01:32:47,234
and they learn how to use them.
1637
01:32:51,212 --> 01:32:54,309
(Lawrence) People hope that there's
some cosmic purpose to their life.
1638
01:32:54,484 --> 01:32:56,800
But, in fact, science,
as far as we can tell,
1639
01:32:56,801 --> 01:32:59,529
tells us there's no evidence
that there's purpose to the universe.
1640
01:32:59,529 --> 01:33:01,212
Does that mean
there's no purpose to the universe?
1641
01:33:01,313 --> 01:33:02,421
No. We can't prove it.
1642
01:33:02,457 --> 01:33:05,322
It's just that there's no evidence
of a universe with purpose,
1643
01:33:05,421 --> 01:33:08,448
and the universe effectively acts
like it has no purpose.
1644
01:33:08,625 --> 01:33:11,676
Now, should this depress us?
In my opinion, no, because,
1645
01:33:11,676 --> 01:33:14,527
what it means is that the purpose
in our lives is the purpose we make.
1646
01:33:14,595 --> 01:33:17,274
LOYALTY TO METHODOLOGY
1647
01:33:17,475 --> 01:33:21,912
(Jacque) We don't want people to have
loyalty to corporations, or a country.
1648
01:33:22,014 --> 01:33:25,277
We want them to have
loyalty to methodology,
1649
01:33:25,395 --> 01:33:29,819
and loyalty to invention, meaning
to improve everything that exists.
1650
01:33:29,921 --> 01:33:32,136
Make them better, smarter, faster...
1651
01:33:32,238 --> 01:33:34,631
And make them available to all people.
1652
01:33:34,631 --> 01:33:37,131
That's the kind of loyalty that's needed.
1653
01:33:37,134 --> 01:33:41,072
If China comes up with
a new way of producing automations;
1654
01:33:41,073 --> 01:33:42,693
Congratulations!
1655
01:33:42,832 --> 01:33:46,591
If Africans come up with
a great idea; Congratulations!
1656
01:33:46,734 --> 01:33:50,711
No more loyalty to corporations; to country.
1657
01:33:50,712 --> 01:33:54,295
Loyalty to the Earth,
and to all of the people on it.
1658
01:33:54,421 --> 01:33:57,596
And to make the Earth
a far better place than it is.
1659
01:33:57,599 --> 01:34:00,442
This is the kind of loyalty
I'm talking about.
1660
01:34:00,567 --> 01:34:03,608
This is the kind of pledge of allegiance
that I'm talking about.
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To pledge allegiance to methodology.
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(Narrator) If we manage
to arrive at a saner future,
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the tasks will be about
solving problems common to all people.
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(Jacque) We have to anticipate
that the Earth is our salvation.
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If we don't take care of it,
no matter how many churches you build,
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we will starve to death and kill each other.
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(Narrator) The real challenges
are producing abundance,
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reclaiming damaged environments,
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sharing and creating
innovative technologies,
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and improving communications between people.
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(Jacque) I know that we can build
a far better world, without war,
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without most crimes,
without the need for prisons,
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and without the need for money.
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We can surpass that.
We have the technical ability
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to make things available to everyone.
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All the wonders of technology
have no meaning at all
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unless it enhances the lives of everyone.
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(Narrator) The vision of applied science
can serve the common good.
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And though this goal has eluded
human civilization for centuries,
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the possibility of a better life for all
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will depend, ultimately,
on the choices we make today.
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"If you think we can't change the world,
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it just means you're not one of those that will."
~Jacque Fresco
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Join those who are working toward
making The Venus Project a reality.
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www.TheVenusProject.com
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