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Jaques Fresco.

Posted: 14 Sep 2010, 20:42
by Hugo.
Definitely :thingy: :thingy: :thingy: :thingy: :thingy:



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It's silly how engrossing this is.

Re: Jaques Fresco.

Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 05:44
by Haunty
Progressive thinking :thingy:



The one problem with his entire concept is the problem most people will notice, but may not think about: efficiency is not sexy. Of course, a lot of his ideas will probably be produced in some dumbed down form, but it's going to take human kind a long time to adjust to the his planning schemes.

Re: Jaques Fresco.

Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 15:22
by Hugo.
[quote name="hbw"]Progressive thinking :thingy:



The one problem with his entire concept is the problem most people will notice, but may not think about: efficiency is not sexy. Of course, a lot of his ideas will probably be produced in some dumbed down form, but it's going to take human kind a long time to adjust to the his planning schemes.[/quote]



Yeah, the most efficient shapes are cubes, spheres and triangles. Not sexy at all, but i think we're all culturally mature enough to appreciate highly inefficient and wasteful industrial design. :redneck:

Re: Jaques Fresco.

Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 22:08
by jawn galliano
isn't this the hard-on bearer behind the venus project? 'resource based economies' and all that?

Re: Jaques Fresco.

Posted: 16 Sep 2010, 01:24
by Redd
Yes sir, he is.