Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/01/2010 - 10:01.
Hi, I'm also familiar with the venus project, actually I'm a member of the zeitgeist movement as well.
I believe that we've been caught up in this way of running our society by gradually increasing it's impact, I can't tell you how many people just know how bad things are but just say "well thats just the way it is" or "theres nothing you can do about it". But what that says about humanity is that we don't rebel no matter how bad things get, if we don't have an alternative within our reach.
What makes TVP such a success is that it explains exactly where the problems are and what caused them to occur, following that it suggests an alternative path we can take. Although TVP approaches it very technical and tries to find a solution for everything and build it into the cities and way of life of the people, the most important aspect is the explanation of the social transformation. And because it's made understandable we know what to push for, and with the zeitgeist movement growing as fast as it does, it's not going to take long before it reaches critical mass and we can push hard enough for the whole puppetshow to fall down.
I'd say its inevitable that the generation thats now in its 20's is going to bring this change, because they don't rely on mainstream news (their social media is their newsfeed), they are mainly gamers (as Jane McGonigal said in her TED talk, in games they are trained to achieve the extraordinary, so they are not afraid to go for ridiculously high goals such as social change), and they enter the workforce just when the world is in crisis and there is hardly any work available, and their educations mean little to nothing.
Also their parents have been exposed to the hippie era, and they exposed the system for what it was way back then, only failed to change it.
All I can say is, hold on tight! It's gonna be a bumpy ride!
What it takes to cause a sustained push towards the new.
Hi, I'm also familiar with the venus project, actually I'm a member of the zeitgeist movement as well.
I believe that we've been caught up in this way of running our society by gradually increasing it's impact, I can't tell you how many people just know how bad things are but just say "well thats just the way it is" or "theres nothing you can do about it". But what that says about humanity is that we don't rebel no matter how bad things get, if we don't have an alternative within our reach.
What makes TVP such a success is that it explains exactly where the problems are and what caused them to occur, following that it suggests an alternative path we can take. Although TVP approaches it very technical and tries to find a solution for everything and build it into the cities and way of life of the people, the most important aspect is the explanation of the social transformation. And because it's made understandable we know what to push for, and with the zeitgeist movement growing as fast as it does, it's not going to take long before it reaches critical mass and we can push hard enough for the whole puppetshow to fall down.
I'd say its inevitable that the generation thats now in its 20's is going to bring this change, because they don't rely on mainstream news (their social media is their newsfeed), they are mainly gamers (as Jane McGonigal said in her TED talk, in games they are trained to achieve the extraordinary, so they are not afraid to go for ridiculously high goals such as social change), and they enter the workforce just when the world is in crisis and there is hardly any work available, and their educations mean little to nothing.
Also their parents have been exposed to the hippie era, and they exposed the system for what it was way back then, only failed to change it.
All I can say is, hold on tight! It's gonna be a bumpy ride!