Žakas Fresko

Jacque Fresco (March 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017) was an American futurist^[1] and self-described social engineer.^[2] Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design.

Fresco wrote and lectured his views on sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource management, cybernetic technology, automation, and the role of science in society. He directed the Venus Project^[5] and advocated global implementation of a socioeconomic system which he referred to as a "resource-based economy".^[6][7]

Jacque Fresco was born on March 13, 1916,^[8] and grew up in a Sephardi Jewish* household,^[9] at the family's home in Bensonhurst, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.^[10] A teenager during the Great Depression, he spent time with friends discussing Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, science, and the future.^[11] Fresco attended the Young Communist League before being "physically ejected" for loudly stating that "Karl Marx was wrong!" after a discussion with the league president during a meeting.^[12] He left home at the age of 14, hitchhiking and "jumping" trains as one of the so-called "Wild Boys of the Road".^[13] He later turned his attention to technocracy.^[11]

Amerikiečių futuristas, mąstytojas Žakas Fresko gimė 1916 metais. Jis yra savamokslis mokslininkas, pramonės dizaineris, inžinierius, išradėjas. Save vadina socialiniu inžinieriumi. Futuristas daugiau nei 40 metų svarsto, kaip moksliniais būdais galima būtų panaikinti skurdą, karus, korupciją, aplinkos taršą.

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The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (in the year 1492) by Emilio Sala Francés