It Takes A Different Value System If

As Man Reaches Out Toward The Twenty-first Century, He Will Learn To Be Suspicious Of All Ideas That Are Not Formulated So That They Can Be Tested By Observation. He Will Realize That The History Of Human Thought Shows That The Ideas Of Which We Are Surest Are The Ones We Most Need To Test. He Will Realize That His Common Sense Only Mirrors His Training And Experience. What Seems Natural And Right To Him Is Usually A Reflection Of The Conditions Under Which He Spent His First Decade Of Life.

Much Of A Behavior Acceptable Today Would Be Socially Offensive In A Saner Or More Logical Arrangement.

Every Action And Decision We Take – Or Don’t – Ripples Into The Future. For The First Time We Have The Capability, The Technology, And The Knowledge To Direct These Ripples.

The Social Designs That Are Proposed In [the Venus Project] Merely Provide The Opportunity For Individuals To Develop Their Fullest Potential In Whatever Endeavor They Choose Without The Fear Of Loss Of Individuality Or Submission To Uniformity.

If We Are Genuinely Concerned About The Environment And The Fellow Human Beings, And Want To End Territorial Disputes, War, Crime, Poverty, Hunger, And The Other Problems That Confront Us Today, The Intelligent Use Of Science And Technology Are The Tools With Which To Achieve A New Direction – One That Will Serve All People, And Not Just A Select Few.