The Venus Project has offered a lot of hope for me and has planted a positive and new vision of the future in my mind. So, I want to share with you the link to their website so that we all can have a vision of the world we have yet to create: http://www.thevenusproject.com/en/the-venus-project-introduction/about
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Impossible, this will never succeed Humans are much to flawed for this to ever work. Humans are naturally self serving like all animals we are trying to be "alpha" the one who has everything. It is called survival of the fittest humans will always help themselves over others. Just my opinion...
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting...You don't think that humans have any higher potential than just killing each other for selfish reasons? I don't know about you, but I want happiness for everyone. I fully believe in human potential and I fully believe that every human has the right and is capable of going beyond survival of the fittest. I know it probably looks really bad right now because the human race has screwed up. We have pushed the limits. But I think that we will be able to rise above the things we have done wrong and make them right.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, thank you for commenting!
I think that any human if forced to choose that he/she would survive or another would survive they would choose themselves. At least 9/10 times. Sorry about taking so long to respond I kinda forgot.
ReplyDeleteWhat about all those heroic stories of people saving one other at the risk of their own lives? Humans have kindness in their hearts. If we don't have hope for the future, how else are things going to change? We are not meant to suffer. I just find it interesting that you say these things...what made you form this belief and opinion?
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this is not the answer, but its time we open the dialog for new models of society. Nothing wrong with questioning where we are and where we are going.
And for the record, not all humans are self serving...
Casey
I've been studying the venus project for about a year.. and I just finished writing an essay on it today actually.
ReplyDeleteThe people I've spoken to all seem to agree that the most important aspect is social change.
It's obviously a great idea, but difficult to implement because people are so afraid of change.
I'm happy to find people who believe in these ideas though. =]
Also, the founder, Jacque Fresco, says that there is no human nature. People are not born greedy and hateful, it's the environment we live in which teaches us those things. So what people are saying about being selfless or killing is most likely not completely accurate.
RISdesign, thanks for commenting! It really excites me when I meet like-minded people.
ReplyDeleteThe Venus Project is a hopeful organization that really paints a picture of what our future could look like. Visual images are so important to making a statement and conveying a message. For me, it's very inspiring. But, like you said, people don't like change. They don't realize our dying and hurt Earth. And they don't realize that they affect it and can help it.
So, blessings to the ones who are still a little stuck in a reality that is not sustainable.
Stay open!
~Juna
Also, a lot of the violence and killing is because people are upset, lost and confused. The world we live in is not forgiving. It is brutal. So many people are starving and are poor. That's one of the number one reasons for violence and killing. So we desperately need a new way of sociality not only of the better of the Earth, but for it's people. We all deserve a good life and if we all were equal and had an equal amount of resources, then the violence would be limited greatly. There would be no reason to kill each other. No reason to steal.
ReplyDeleteI think the main solution is to get rid of the money. Money can be horded, taken, lost, gained. Thus we get the rich and the poor.
I'm sick of living in this world where we have to pay for our drinking water and food. Where we sit and watch TV and eat all we want when the people on the other side of world are starving and dying. I'm sick of being lied to and confused about what is really happening in the world. And most of all, I'm sick of being told that we are free and equal. Because the truth is, is that there is the rich and the poor. Separation. The money limits us. Separates us. Puts us behind bars and makes people believe that because they have it, they have power.
Lets choose to be done with this BS...