Jacque Fresco

Also known as Jacques Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

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Born: 1916
Works: 12

Top works

The Best That Money Can't Buy
The Venus Project
Looking forward
The Determinants of Behavior
Designing the Future

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Acting · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Jacque Fresco is a self-educated social engineer, industrial designer, author, lecturer, futurist, inventor, and the creator of The Venus Project. Fresco has worked as both designer and inventor in a wide range of fields spanning biomedical innovations and integrated social systems. He believes his ideas would maximally benefit the greatest number of people and he states some of his influence…

Known for

Immortality or Bust — Self2020
The Choice Is Ours — himself2015
Paradise or Oblivion — Himself2012
The Reality of Me — Self2012
Future My Love — Himself2012
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward — Himself2011
Zeitgeist: Addendum — Self

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Jacque Fresco (March 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017) was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design.

Fresco wrote and lectured his views on sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource management, cybernetic technology, automation, and the role of science in society. He directed The Venus Project and advocated global implementation of a socioeconomic system which he referred to as a "resource-based economy".