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Zeitgeist Movement Activist and Orientation Guide

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PREFACE:

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. Jacque currently lives in Venus, Florida,

working closely with his associate, Roxanne Meadows. Now, let it be understood that Mr. Fresco will

be the first to tell you that his perspectives and developments are not entirely his own, but rather

uniquely derived from the evolution of scientific inquiry which has persevered since the dawn of

antiquity. Simply put, 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 will be addressed in the first part

of this book, the reader 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.

Our current methods of social conduct have proven to have no chance in resolving the problems of

environmental destruction, human conflict, poverty, corruption and any other issue that reduces the

possibility of collective human sustainability on our planet. It is time we grow up as a species and

really examine what the true problems and solutions are, as uncomfortable, untraditional and foreign

as they might seem.

This work will first present the current economic problems we face, recognizing root causes,

consequences and inevitabilities, while then presenting solutions derived from an assessment of what

is actually relevant to life and society. Additionally, information will be provided as to how each one

of us can help in this challenge, presenting methods of communication and activism that will

hopefully speed up the process of transformation.

It is very important that those who begin this work pause for a moment and think about the

windows of perspective they have been indoctrinated into. Considering the current vastness of human

values and ideologies, coupled with the identification that grows over time with associations to a

particular train of thought, tradition or notion of reality, it can be difficult and even painful for a

person to revise or remove the cherished understandings which they have considered true for long

periods of time. This ‘ego’ association, coupled with the perpetual state of ‘limited knowledge’ each

one of us has, will be the biggest hurdle many will face when reading the information presented here.

It is time to broaden our loyalties and affiliations beyond the narrow confines of the marketplace,

tradition, and the nation-state to encompass the human species as a whole, along with the planetary

environment that supports us all. It is time we view the earth as an indivisible organic whole, a living

entity composed of countless forms of life, all brought together in a single community.

If nature has taught us only one thing, it is that the only constant is change. There is no such thing

as a Utopia. Therefore, in order for us to grow productively as a species, we need to become experts

at “changing our minds” about anything and everything. If you choose to approach this material with

a conscious attempt at being open minded and objective, we feel the ideas expressed here will realign

your vision of the world, yourself, and the future of our human family in a way that is the most

productive, humane and effective.

"Zero Point" - Free Energy

Free-energy devices  (from Wikipedia)- a new twist on a long list of perpetual motion machines

As a scientific concept, the existence of zero-point energy is not controversial although the ability to harness it is. In particular, perpetual motion machines and other power generating devices supposedly based on zero-point energy are highly controversial and, in many cases, in violation of some of the fundamental laws of physics.^{[citation needed]} No device claimed to operate using zero-point energy has been demonstrated to operate as claimed. No plausible description of a device drawing useful power from a source of zero-point energy has been given. Thus, current claims to zero-point-energy-based power generation systems have the status of pseudoscience.^[9]
The discovery of zero-point energy did not alter the implausibility of perpetual motion machines. Much attention has been given to reputable science suggesting that zero-point-energy density is infinite, but in quantum theory, zero-point energy is a minimum energy below which a thermodynamic system can never go. Thus according to the standard quantum-theoretic viewpoint, none of this energy can be withdrawn without altering the system to a different form in which the system has a lower zero-point energy. However, in Stochastic Electrodynamics, the zero-point field is viewed as simply a classical background isotropic noise wave field which excites all systems present in the vacuum and thus is responsible for their minimum-energy or "ground" states. The requirement of Lorentz invariance at a statistical level then implies that the energy density spectrum must increase with the third power of frequency, implying infinite energy density when integrated over all frequencies.^[10] In this viewpoint, there is no theoretical reason that energy, or for that matter, momentum, could not be extracted, and would of course still leave infinite energy density and infinite momentum density, isotropic in all directions simultaneously, remaining in the wave field.
The calculation that underlies the Casimir experiment, a calculation based on the formula predicting infinite vacuum energy, shows the zero-point energy of a system consisting of a vacuum between two plates will decrease at a finite rate as the two plates are drawn together. The vacuum energies are predicted to be infinite, but the changes are predicted to be finite. Casimir combined the projected rate of change in zero-point energy with the principle of conservation of energy to predict a force on the plates. The predicted force, which is very small and was experimentally measured to be within 5% of its predicted value, is finite.^[11] Even though the zero-point energy is theoretically infinite, there is as yet no practical evidence to suggest that infinite amounts of zero-point energy are available for use, that zero-point energy can be withdrawn for free, or that zero-point energy can be used in violation of conservation of energy.^[12]

CNN & Michio Kaku Report : Japanese officials lie about Fukushima Meltdown

How long until we accept that we need clean, safe, renewable energy?
Pay attention, Fukushima is FUBAR! Watch world rebound Japanese-American Physicist, Michio Kaku, embarrass the Japanese Utilities and Government, on CNN Reports.
Perhaps it is time we stopped building nuclear power plants on fault lines, along the coast, in populated areas? If you live in the Northwest United Sates, pay close attention to your radiation levels in foods like dairy and fish. Why waste a whole Continent because greedy power companies will not use renewable energy? Why don't we see more media coverage of this event? (hint: GE owns the media)

For the next generation

FOR THE NEXT GENERATION (2011) from Dominoes Falling Productions on Vimeo.

Damon Horowitz calls for a "moral operating system" | Video on TED.com

Damon Horowitz calls for a "moral operating system" | Video on TED.com

Changing Education Paradigms

Check out this short video from the United Kingdom, RSA from Cognitive Media.

Holding two opposing thoughts in your mind is genius, or crazy.

The Daily Show - Exclusive - William Cohan Extended Interview Pt. 2
Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

How to Play both ends against the middle.

Gravity may not exist any more than matter.

One of my greatest failures, is my inability to communicate the basic concepts about the nature of reality without loosing people who are less educated or more prone to mystical beliefs. Gravity is not a 'force', it is an apparent curvature in space-time, and according to this string-theorist may be an illusion, or a marriage. The concept is that, similar to temperature, the appearance of gravitational effects may come from the averaging of subatomic effects of the uncertainty-principal at the macroscopic level. This is a fundamental shift from the description of a phenomenon to an understanding of how or why it exists. This doesn't reject our traditional understanding or science, it simply deepens our knowledge about the nature of reality and energy. Similar to how we now know that matter is just patterns of energy and force fields in essentially empty space.

Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

How do you get someone to be self-sufficient? Teach them to fish, farm, or work. Independence comes from interdependence, not codependency. Open source hardware from Marcin Jakubowski, Polish Nuclear Fusion Expert and 21st Century Organic Farmer.

New Bicycle Discovery

TMS Bicycle, front mass falls "more quickly" thus steering into the fall. The front wheel gyro-effect, and wheel caster are not as important as we thought.

New Bike Stability Discovery! No Gyro, No Castor. Bicycles steer into their fall. (To prove try pushing a bike backwards, or locking handlebars)

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution = LAUSD

Watch this clip and you'll never eat "Processed" meat again.
NEVER EAT GROUND BEEF UNLESS YOU GRIND IT YOURSELF!

Caroline Casey: Looking past limits

Born with Ocular Albinism which limits what she can see beyond 1-meter, Caroline Casey was never told she couldn't see. Irrational Faith in oneself may be necessary to reach your full potential. Such belief in oneself inspires actions that one would not attempt from an attitude of self-pity. Society may be artificially limiting the potential of physically disabled people (1-billion world wide) via labeling. Solution: expect the same level of accomplishment from everyone, regardless of any 'dis-ability', and don't discriminate. (my question here is if everyone had Ocular Albinism would we create technology to adapt our eyes, just as elephants have larger ears and noses, or would we evolve better eyes?)

The Primary Dealer Credit Facility = $9-Trillion+

The Primary Dealer Credit Facility - according to CNN Money and ProPublica, the total extent of this UNDISCLOSED Federal Reserve 'Emergency' (no-interest) Loan program between May 2008 & 2009, was $9-Trillion, and although $7-trillion of the PRINCIPAL has been 'repaid', this represents an increase in the money supply of ~$90-T. Meaning the US$ is worth 1/3 less today than in '08. Has your salary, home equity, or the value of investments risen by 33% in the last three years? If so, you are a winner of this game. Also, the Banks gave bonuses as a result of this 'increase' in capital and lend the money to corporations at interest, creating debt of nothing, and that expense is passed on to the consumer as a cost of business. If they had failed to pay back these 'loans' the US Taxpayer would have been responsible, via an increase in US National Debt. (so much for pocket change of the $700-B TARP, and $800-B 'Stimulus')

http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/01/news/economy/fed_reserve_data_release/index.htm
http://projects.propublica.org/tables/treasury-facilities-loans

Coldfusion, The Nuclear Effect

For 20 years people have been claiming to have 'solved the energy problem' with various 'cold-fusion' experiments and yet we are still using carbon-fuels to move mountains and destroying our planet's environment. I want to see the evidence, perform the experiments, and test these claims. So, let's begin a catalog of the most famous and infamous reports:

• Cold Fusion - Bologna - "journal of nuclear physics" (i.e. real or false journalism) - The nuclear effect
• Zero-Point - Motionless EM Generator - Electric Multiplier
• Perpetual Motion - Scalar Energy Device - Radiant-Energy Fractionation (static electric charge) - Mechanical Heater - resonant frequency electrolysis - implosion/vortex engines - permanent magnet powered motors -
• Batteries - 
• greedy con men, and "hermit scientists" - name the game
• Transportation Solutions - 

(Please use the comments section to add your own comments, suggestions, and links. Thanks.)

Global Classroom

I don't do this often, but this is a special case. When someone states the obvious truth, it cuts across all lines, and I must post it everywhere.

"If Issac Newton had done calculus videos on YouTube, I wouldn't have to. (assuming he was any good) - Salman Khan"

Why do good students fail in our public schools?

FLIP THE CLASSROOM!

Traditional Classroom Model penalizes you for experimentation and failure, "DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS?". Kids COMPETE with each other, but does not expect mastery.

Assign the lectures as homework, and do the homework in the classroom.

Pause, work at your own pace. Stay on that bicycle, experiment, failure is OK. Reward success, don't penalize failure. Allow students to COOPERATE, and you will see that your 'slow' students are just as smart as the 'gifted' kids.

But expect mastery.

Watch this video twice.

Build a Global, One World Classroom.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream...to Go to War?!"

Why is it that Citizen Activists from Robert Greenwald's BRAVE NEW FILMS are the only people making media against the Afghanistan War? (pissst ... DO SOMETHING!)

Each Citizen Activists has the ability to:

- Challenge corporate media with TRUTH.
- Share the latest videos from Brave New Films.
- Give input on projects that are in development.
- MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Please "LIKE" them on FaceBook

Practical Philosophy: Aristotle's Telos

How do you build "Character"?
Practical Wisdom is the will and the skill.
You must have the Value and the Creativity.
If you want to do right, and you are creative enough to find a way, then you have practical wisdom.

Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life. Lately, working with Ken Sharpe, he's studying wisdom. In an intimate talk, Barry Schwartz dives into the question "How do we do the right thing?" With help from collaborator Kenneth Sharpe, he shares stories that illustrate the difference between following the rules and truly choosing wisely.



Right Action - Requires Experience
Right Way - Requires Empathy
Right Aims (or Reasons) - Requires Failure

"You do not need to be brilliant to be wise, but brilliance without wisdom is dangerous."

There are "Canny Outlaws" who can work within the system that seeks to destroy them, but we need "System Changers", who can step outside the system and change the game with Practical Wisdom. All social interaction is moral action.

Practical Philosophy: Aristotle's Telos

Crazy is a social definition.

Narcissism is so common today that they have stopped calling it a mental illness, proving that Psychology is not an objective science but a subjective language subject to the influence of political "correctness". This reminds me of 1994, when the DSM-IV came out and changed the diagnosis of people who believe in supernatural beings (like ghosts and angels, demons and gods) from Axis-I (psychotic disorder) to Axis-IV (psychosocial and environmental problems) i.e. "cultural dissassocition with reality". That was the same year that they added "Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome" and removed "Homosexuality" as mental disorders. Thus, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is nothing more than a strange mix of social values, political compromise, and material for insurance claims. Psychological Medicine is not a science. "Crazy" is a social definition.