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Jaques Fresco.

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Definitely :thingy: :thingy: :thingy: :thingy: :thingy:



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It's silly how engrossing this is.
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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.
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[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:
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isn't this the hard-on bearer behind the venus project? 'resource based economies' and all that?
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Yes sir, he is.
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