The Venus Project Is Not About New

We Are Not Taught To Be Thinkers, But Reflectors Of Our Culture. Let's Teach Our Children To Be Thinkers.

Money Is Only Important In A Society When Certain Resources For Survival Must Be Rationed And The People Accept Money As An Exchange Medium For The Scarce Resources. Money Is A Social Convention, An Agreement If You Will. It Is Neither A Natural Resource Nor Does It Represent One. It Is Not Necessary For Survival Unless We Have Been Conditioned To Accept It As Such.

We Must Look At Alternatives Objectively, And Not Try To Fit The Future Into Our Present Social Mould.

In A Monetary System, Most Of Us Live Near Our Work With A House, Car, And Lifestyle We Can Afford (or, All Too Often, Cannot Afford), Rather Than The One We Prefer. We Are Only As Free As Our Purchasing Power Permits. Even Many Wealthy People Today Select A Residence Mainly To Impress Others With Their Status. Lacking A True Sense Of Self Worth, Many Live To Impress Others.

There Is Only A Policeman In Front Of Something You Have Need For And Don't Have Access To, So You Put A Guard There... But If Orange Trees And Apple Trees Grew All Over The Place, You Couldn't Sell Them.