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Procrastinator
02-04-2010, 03:43 AM
"The Zeitgeist Movement * is the activist arm of The Venus Project, which constitutes the life long work
of industrial designer and social engineer, Jacque Fresco. What The Venus Project represents and what The Zeitgeist Movement hence condones, could be summarized as: ‘The application of The Scientific Method for social concern.’

Through the humane application of Science and Technology to social design and decision-making, we have the means to transform our tribalistic, scarcity driven, corruption filled environment into something exceedingly more organized, balanced, humane, sustainable and productive. To do so, we have to understand who we are, where we are, what we have, what we want, and how we are going to obtain our goals. Given the current state of affairs, many of which are addressed in the film Zeitgeist Addendum (which can be seen here (http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/), for free), one should find that we not only need to move in another direction… we have to. The current economic system is falling apart at an accelerating rate, with the prospect of worldwide unemployment occurring on the largest scale ever seen. Simultaneously, we are courting the “point of no return” in regard to the destruction of the environment."

* This is not a political movement!



For more information, visit www.thezeitgeistmovement.com (http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/) and www.thevenusproject.com (http://www.thevenusproject.com/).


If life at times seems bewildering - if you find that no matter what you do, you still have sticky problems, if you find that our economic, political, and social ways of doing things sometimes create more difficulties than they solve - then you are simply playing your part in suffering through the present transitional phase of our civilization.

Jacque Fresco, "Designing The Future"

S.Hal0mega.B
02-04-2010, 05:53 AM
delightfully true thread, thanks for posting. I saw these films a while back and mostly i enjoyed them.

False Prophet
02-05-2010, 01:47 AM
Love the topic, love the first movie but still have yet to see the second. Yet, to deviate from the topic...would this fit better in the "Art & Philosophies" thread?

Procrastinator
02-05-2010, 03:22 AM
^ I thought of that, but decided to post the thread in this section instead with the hope that here it would be viewed by more people. If the staff finds the 'Art & Philosophies' section more appropriate for such a topic, I wouldn't mind it transfered there at all. Causing them additional work was not my intention either.

Other than that, thank you two for replying. I'd like to hear what your thoughts on the movement are too. The second film is more purposeful in regards to clarifying what its author's motives are. As for the movement itself, the Activist Orientation Guide they provide on the official website further explains their ideas and purposes.

MixMastahTee
02-16-2010, 12:56 PM
I watched this since you suggested it and got this from it.

Part I: Okay, seems logical.
Part II: Hm, interesting. A bit off the wall, but I can go along with it.
Part III: A little too much for me.

Procrastinator
03-03-2010, 11:52 PM
To anyone who's interested, March 13th is the international Zeitgeist Day. Events will be held worldwide, and if you'd like to attend one, go to www.zday2010.org (http://www.zday2010.org/) and find a ZDay event in your area.