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The following is a
audio reading of one of
Jacque Fresco’s Essays.
New Frontiers of Social Change
(Part 3 of 3)

We cannot regress to traditional values,
which no longer apply. Any attempt to
retreat to the methods of the past would
condemn untold millions to a life of
needless misery, toil, and suffering.

However, it is not enough to point out the
limiting factors that may threaten the
survivability of all nations. The challenge that
all cultures will encounter in this technological
age - some more than others - is that of
providing a smoother transition, which would
introduce a more appropriate way of thinking
about ourselves, the environment and the
management of human affairs.

The ultimate survival of the human species
depends upon planning on a global scale and
to cooperatively seek out new alternatives
with a relative orientation for improved
social arrangements. If humankind is to
achieve mutual prosperity, universal access
to resources is essential.

Along with the introduction of new paradigms
towards human and environmental concern,
there must be a methodology for making this a
reality. If these ends are to be achieved, the
monetary system must eventually be surpassed
by a world resource-based economy. In order
to effectively and economically utilize
resources, the necessary cybernated and
computerized technology could eventually be
applied to ensure a higher standard of living
for everyone. With the intelligent and humane
application of science and technology, the
nations of the world could guide and shape the
future for the preservation of the environment
and humankind.

What is needed to attain a global society is a
practical and internationally acceptable
comprehensive blueprint. Also needed is an
international planning council capable of
translating the blueprint and the advantages
that would be gained through world
unification. This proposal could be
presented in the vernacular, in a way that
nontechnical people can easily understand.

In actuality, no one should make decisions
as to how this blueprint will be designed.
It must be based on the carrying capacity
of our planet, its resources, human needs
and the like. In order to sustain our
civilization we must coordinate advanced
technology and available resources in a
total, humane, global systems approach.

There is no doubt that many of the professions
that are familiar to us today will eventually be
phased out. With the rate of change now
taking place, a vast array of obsolete
occupations will disappear more rapidly and
more extensively than at any other time in
history. In a society that applies a systems
approach, these professions will be replaced
by interdisciplinary teams – the systems
analysts, computer programmers, operation
researchers, and those who link the world
together in vast communications networks that
are assisted by high-speed digital computers.
They will eventually lead us to large-scale
computer-based methods of social operation.
Social operations are far too complex today
for any elected politicians to handle.

It appears that most politicians do not give
serious attention to this and other problems.
Only in times of war or national emergencies
do we call upon and assemble interdisciplinary
teams to help find workable solutions to
varying social problems. If we apply the same
efforts of scientific mobilization as we do
during a war, large-scale beneficial effects can
be achieved in a relatively short time. This
could readily be accomplished by utilizing
many of our universities, training facilities,
and staff to best determine possible alternative
methods to solving these problems. This could
eventually help us to define the possible
transitional parameters for the future of a
sustainable global civilization.

The process of social change must allow for
changing conditions that would
continuously update the design parameters
and allow for the infusion of new
technologies into emerging cultures. Design
teams utilizing socially integrated computers
could automatically be informed of new
developments. As this process is
continuously updated, it would generate a
more appropriate code of conduct. By
appropriate conduct we mean the necessary
procedures to accomplish a given task.

For more information visit
www.thevenusproject.com
www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

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