Science shortens people's experiences of a fast-moving life. A person living in the cares of feeding himself and his offspring rarely raises his eyes to heaven and thinks about the meaning of his existence. The world is interested in people in the part that provides them with the necessary resources. And only a few insightful minds are able to understand and explain the global mechanisms operating on the planet. Jacques Fresco is one of the brightest representatives of this few galaxy. Powerful intelligence, observation and organizational abilities allowed him to offer humanity several interesting projects.
Designing the future
There are a lot of suggestions about the rational structure of reality. Among the interesting, albeit somewhat naive, are the projects of Jacques Fresco. The now famous engineer and futurologist was born on March 13, 1916 in New York. Parents of the child moved to America, fleeing discrimination in the territory of the Ottoman Empire. Jacques biography could take shape on a standard stencil for a person from the poor. Three children grew up in the family, and the father had to work hard to put the kids on their feet.
Great influence on the development and worldview of Jacques had an older brother and grandfather. In conversations with them, he learned about Darwin's theory of evolution and became an atheist for the rest of his life. While attending a comprehensive school, Fresco received permission to visit freely with a mandatory weekly report on books read. When the Great Depression erupted in the United States, studies had to be interrupted. The young man received further education from communicating with people and observing the course of events around him. Traveling around the country by hitchhiking, Jacques observed how people live and what they value in everyday life.
As a teenager, Jacques became interested in the design features of the aircraft, which he considered at a local airfield. Today we can say that at this time the design career of Fresco began. He came up with some ideas that transformed into specific technical solutions. In a few years, Jacques will register his inventions and will receive the required rent throughout his life. The famous engineer was seriously engaged in the formation of ideas for a resource-saving economy. In particular, he sharply criticized the huge costs of armaments.
Analyzing the processes taking place in industrial society, Fresco spent almost a year among the natives on the island of Tuamotu. In certain situations, natives and civilized people behave the same. The information collected prompted the futurologist to think of creating low-cost housing. A prototype of such a house was built using aluminum structures. However, the idea did not receive support from the bourgeois state, sharpened for profit.
