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I’ve been busy all my life, working on solutions to problems.
I’ve been busy all my life, working on solutions to problems.
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I’m a social engineer, and I try to improve the world I live in.
I’m a social engineer, and I try to improve the world I live in.
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A social engineer is one who concerns himself with
A social engineer is one who concerns himself with
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social phenomenon; what makes people the way they are.
social phenomenon; what makes people the way they are.
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What are the conditions responsible for human behavior?
What are the conditions responsible for human behavior?
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And how can society be rearranged
And how can society be rearranged
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to function with minimum pain and war?
to function with minimum pain and war?
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Poverty, hunger, unemployment: how can we eliminate that?
Poverty, hunger, unemployment: how can we eliminate that?
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This is what a social engineer tries to minimize.
This is what a social engineer tries to minimize.
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I did a lot of the groundwork to try to find out
I did a lot of the groundwork to try to find out
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what it is that shapes human behavior.
what it is that shapes human behavior.
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I try to remove the conditions that produce
I try to remove the conditions that produce
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serial killers, gangsters, thieves, murderers...
serial killers, gangsters, thieves, murderers...
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I try to remove the conditions responsible
I try to remove the conditions responsible
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for human and aberrant behavior.
for human and aberrant behavior.
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My partner is Roxanne Meadows.
My partner is Roxanne Meadows.
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She works with me, and this is what we set out to build –
She works with me, and this is what we set out to build –
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a research center here – to try to arrive at the best ways
a research center here – to try to arrive at the best ways
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for changing society, in the shortest time possible.
for changing society, in the shortest time possible.
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We try to build models of a city system, and try to modify it,
We try to build models of a city system, and try to modify it,
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and bring it down and simplify it,
and bring it down and simplify it,
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so that it can be built all over the world.
so that it can be built all over the world.
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And we try to work out systems and communication
And we try to work out systems and communication
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for changing people in the shortest possible time;
for changing people in the shortest possible time;
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changing their mental set, and their values.
changing their mental set, and their values.
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The Venus Project is a method of attaining sustainability
The Venus Project is a method of attaining sustainability
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for all people by giving them pointers such as:
for all people by giving them pointers such as:
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We must declare the Earth as the common heritage
We must declare the Earth as the common heritage
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of all the world’s people.
of all the world’s people.
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We must remove all the artificial boundaries that separate people.
We must remove all the artificial boundaries that separate people.
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We must make things available to people without money.
We must make things available to people without money.
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We must eliminate social elitism, technical or otherwise.
We must eliminate social elitism, technical or otherwise.
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So I said “Let’s take care of everybody,”
So I said “Let’s take care of everybody,”
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the inventors, the designers, the engineers,
the inventors, the designers, the engineers,
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and the people themselves. Make things available to them,
and the people themselves. Make things available to them,
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and that will change their behavior.
and that will change their behavior.
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We’re working in the wrong direction,
We’re working in the wrong direction,
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and all over the world societies are collapsing,
and all over the world societies are collapsing,
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going bankrupt, not able to work things out,
going bankrupt, not able to work things out,
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because they use political methods,
because they use political methods,
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which was good as I said a hundred years ago,
which was good as I said a hundred years ago,
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but they do not work today.
but they do not work today.
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So they’re failing all over the world.
So they’re failing all over the world.
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The people have to lose their homes, their jobs,
The people have to lose their homes, their jobs,
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then they have to lose confidence in the people they elected.
then they have to lose confidence in the people they elected.
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Once that happens, they are open to new ideas.
Once that happens, they are open to new ideas.
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“Oh, you’ll never see that, not in a thousand years.
“Oh, you’ll never see that, not in a thousand years.
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You’re a dreamer, you’re a utopian!
You’re a dreamer, you’re a utopian!
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You’re a goddamn communist!” Or you’re this or that.
You’re a goddamn communist!” Or you’re this or that.
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I believe all things change.
I believe all things change.
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Utopia is an impossible concept.
Utopia is an impossible concept.
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It assumes that you can design a city that’s good for all time.
It assumes that you can design a city that’s good for all time.
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You can’t do that. Everything changes.
You can’t do that. Everything changes.
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That’s the only constant in nature, and that’s change.
That’s the only constant in nature, and that’s change.
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I don’t believe that the cities of the future will be fixed.
I don’t believe that the cities of the future will be fixed.
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They will undergo changes continuously.
They will undergo changes continuously.
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I do not believe there are any final frontiers.
I do not believe there are any final frontiers.
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I believe that men and women will continue to invent
I believe that men and women will continue to invent
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newer and better systems, and there’s no limit to what humans can do.
newer and better systems, and there’s no limit to what humans can do.
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The pain of watching the way the world is moving,
The pain of watching the way the world is moving,
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and the directions of war, and human suffering,
and the directions of war, and human suffering,
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and the loss of lives, and the destroying of cities,
and the loss of lives, and the destroying of cities,
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all of that motivates me
all of that motivates me
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to try to do a better job than what politicians
to try to do a better job than what politicians
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are trying to accomplish, without knowledge.
are trying to accomplish without knowledge.
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If enough people work at what I talk about,
If enough people work at what I talk about,
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I believe we can change the world. If they do nothing
I believe we can change the world. If they do nothing
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nothing will happen.
nothing will happen.
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I can’t accept the world as it is today,
I can’t accept the world as it is today,
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so I do everything I can to build a world of sustainability,
so I do everything I can to build a world of sustainability,
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for all people - not any single nation.
for all people - not any single nation.
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I don’t hope to gain anything, I just hope to do the best I can,
I don’t hope to gain anything, I just hope to do the best I can,
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and whatever happens, happens.
and whatever happens, happens.
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