is a false society.

羅克珊·梅多斯製作

Our society will go down in history as the lowest development in man.

雅克·法斯科撰稿

We have the brains, the know-how, the technology

整個以貨幣為結構和以物質為導向的社會

and the feasibility to build an entirely new civilization.

是一個虛假的社會

(Jacque Fresco) It was living through the 1929 Great Depression

我們的社會將被歷史記載為最低劣的人類發展

that helped shape my social conscience.

我們有頭腦 知識和科技

During this time, I realized the Earth was still the same place:

和可行性來建立一個全新的地球文明

manufacturing plants were still intact and resources were still there

樂園或湮滅

but people didn't have the money to buy the products.

(雅克·法斯科) 正是經歷了1929年的大蕭條

I felt that the rules of the game we play by

幫助鑄就了我的社會良知

were obsolete and insufficient.

在這期間 我意識到地球仍是同樣的地方

Misery, suffering and war provided the incentive for my life's work.

生產廠房完好如初 各種資源依然存在

I was also motivated by the seeming incompetence of governments

但人們卻沒有錢買東西

the academic world, and the lack of solutions offered by scientists.

我感覺我們遵守的遊戲規則

I realized that instead of working with individuals

是過時和有缺陷的

a more effective method would be to redesign the culture.

悲慘 痛苦和戰爭激勵了我一生為之努力改善

This began a lifelong quest to finding solutions

同樣看似無能的政府也是激勵我的一部分

to the many problems that we have today.

在學術界 科學家缺少提供解決問題的辦法

(Narrator) This presentation is a feasible plan for social change

我意識到 與其關注個體

that works toward a peaceful and sustainable global civilization

不如重新設計整個文化更有效果

where human beings, technology and nature coexist.

這讓我開始了尋找答案的一生

It outlines an alternative to strive for

來解決我們今天面對的問題

where human rights are not only paper proclamations

(旁白) 本片是展示社會變革的一個可行性計劃

but a way of life.

來達成一個和平和永續的全球文明

It is called The Venus Project.

在這個新文明中 人類 科技和自然和諧共存

Its founder, Jacque Fresco

它描繪了一個值得為之努力的新選擇

calls for a straightforward redesign of the culture in which war

其中人權不再只是紙上談兵

poverty, hunger, debt and unnecessary human suffering

而是一種生活方式

are viewed not only as avoidable but totally unacceptable.

這個選擇 叫做"維納斯計劃"

It is becoming increasingly obvious that anything less

他的發起者 雅克·法斯科

will simply result in a continuation of the same problems we face today.

呼籲一個直接了當的文化重新設計

The Venus Project's research center

其中戰爭 貧困 飢餓 債務和不必要的人類苦難

constructed by Fresco and Roxanne Meadows

不僅是可以避免的 而且是完全無法接受的

is located in Venus, Florida.

越來越明顯的是 缺少這些訴求中的任何一項

It addresses many of the root causes of our difficulties.

都將只會延續我們今天所面對的相同問題

But what are the real origins of our problems?

只是抱怨而不提出解決辦法沒有任何助益

At present, we are left with very few alternatives

維納斯計劃研究中心

since we are on a collision course of our own making.

由雅克和羅克珊·梅多斯建立

Answers from yesterday are no longer relevant.

它位於佛羅里達的維納斯

Considering the damage already done to the environment

它闡述了許多導致我們今天困境的根本原因

we are rapidly approaching a point of no return

但我們問題的真正根源來自何處呢?

where nature will dictate the course.

失敗的體系

Either we continue as we have

現在 我們的選擇已經很少

with outmoded social customs and habits of thought

因為我們正自食惡果 走向毀滅的道路

thereby threatening our future

昨天的答案已經不再管用

or, we apply a more appropriate set of values

考慮到對於環境已經造成的破壞

relevant to a sustainable society

我們正在迅速地走上不歸之路

with more opportunity and freedoms.

到那時 自然將決定人類的方向

Americans have been conditioned in their kind of society

要麼我們繼續今天的一切

to get a different kind of car next year

延續過時的社會傳統和思維習慣

to buy a new television set, or a tape recorder.

從而威脅我們的未來

We are radical as hell but our political and social institutions

要麼我們採用一系列更加合理的價值觀

have not changed and this is where we are stagnating:

走向一個永續的社會

because we always equate any new idea with communism or regimentation

一個有更多機遇和自由的社會

because we have been brought up to fear that which is new.

美國人已經被他們那種社會給限制了

(Narrator) None of the world's economic systems:

明年去買一輛新款車

socialism, communism, fascism or the free enterprise system

買個新電視 或收錄音機

have eliminated the problems of elitism, nationalism, racism

我們地獄般激進 但政治和社會機構

and most of all, scarcity.

卻一直都沒有改變 這就是為什麼我們停滯不前

These are all based primarily on economic disparity.

因為我們總是把任何新思想 歸之為共產主義或集權制度

When money is used to regulate and distribute resources for profit

因為我們從小被教導去恐懼新的東西

and people and nations are out for themselves

(旁白) 世界上沒有一個經濟系統 像是:

they will seek advantage at any cost.

社會主義 共產主義 法西斯主義或資本主義自由企業制

They do this by maintaining a competitive edge

消除了菁英主義 民族主義 種族主義

or through military intervention.

特別是匱乏

War represents the supreme failure of nations to resolve their differences.

這些都主要基於經濟上的不平等

From a strictly pragmatic standpoint

當金錢為了獲利 而被用來控制和分配資源

it is the most inefficient waste of lives and resources ever conceived.

而人們和國家都為自己的利益爭奪

Most wars are for the control of resources

他們將不惜任何代價尋求優勢

and maintaining your position of differential advantage.

他們通過保持競爭力達到這個目的

They're not based on the 'dignity of man.'

或通過軍事介入

They're not based on elevating human beings.

戰爭代表著國家在解決歧見上的終極失敗

It might elevate the human beings in the country that's the victor.

從一個單純的實用性角度

It might do that. But as far as the rest of the world goes

戰爭是對生命和資源無可比擬的最大浪費

the price is enormous.

大多數戰爭都是為了控制資源

(Narrator) This crude and violent attempt to resolve international differences

和保持你的所有各種有利優勢

takes on even more ominous overtones

這不是建立在"人性尊嚴"的基礎之上

with the advent of computerized nuclear delivery systems

這不是基於提升人類

and deadly biological and chemical weapons.

這也許抬高了戰勝國的人們

Yet it is a windfall, money-making opportunity

只是也許 但對於世界其它地區

for those who profit by the military-industrial complex.

代價是慘重的

If the profit were taken out of wars

(旁白) 試圖用這種方式解決國際爭端 不僅殘酷暴力

do you really believe we would have them?

而且帶有更加不祥的色彩

(Jacque Fresco) If they draft you into the army to serve this country

伴隨著電腦化的核武裝置

(you put up your life for this country)

以及致命生化武器的出現

they should draft all the war industries:

有超過十萬家公司忙於填滿五角大樓的胃口

every cannon maker, machine gun maker

不過 大錢只流進了屈指可數的幾個大巨頭

automobiles, jeeps, warships

然而 對於那些從軍工產業獲利的人們而言

all drafted, so they're on the same basis of pay as the army.

這是一個賺取意外之財的好機會

Then it's real. But if you make millions selling warships

如果戰爭未帶來利潤

and machine guns to the army, then it's corrupt.

你真的相信我們會有戰爭嗎?

I would (if I had my way), if we had millions of men in the army

(雅克·法斯科) 如果他們徵你到軍隊來為國家服務

I'd send them to school to become problem solvers

你為這個國家付出生命

how to get along with other nations. That's what we have to do, not kill.

那他們應徵招所有的軍工行業:

Soldiers are just killing machines; they're trained to kill.

每個大炮 機關槍製造商

I would train them to be able to go to Mexico and bridge the difference

汽車 吉普車和戰艦

and go to the Arab world and see if they can bridge the difference.

這些都被徵召 而且獲得的報酬與軍隊一樣

So bring them all together, all the nations.

那麼就是玩真的了 但如果你把軍艦

(Narrator) War is not the only form of violence imposed upon people.

和機關槍賣給軍隊 並賺到成千上百萬 那這就是腐敗

There is also hunger, poverty

(如果我有辦法) 如果我們有上百萬人的軍隊

homelessness and unemployment.

我會把他們送到學校成為解決問題的人

The acceptance of these conditions as expressive of 'human nature' is a myth

例如怎樣與其它國家相處 這是我們需要做的 而不是去殺戮

used to keep things as they are.

士兵是殺人機器 他們被訓練來屠殺

Genetics has nothing to do with greed, business, race prejudice.

我會訓練他們能夠到墨西哥 去架起溝通異議的橋樑

All of the operant systems in any society are part of your education

到阿拉伯世界 看看他們是否能夠架起這座橋樑

the books you read, the role models you follow and the people you admire.

所以要把所有國家團結起來

The genes have nothing to do...

(旁白) 戰爭並非是唯一加諸於人類的暴力形式

except with the color of your eyes, the shape of your nose

還有飢餓和貧困

perhaps inherited features.

無家可歸和失業

The genes do not control values.

把這些狀況都接受為"人類本性"使然 簡直是個迷思

Even if you're born with a much better brain than another person

這一招只是被用來維持現狀

meaning better receptors, the quality of the tissue is better

環境的影響

I would say that if you have a better brain

基因與貪婪 商業 種族偏見無關

and you live in a fascist country you become a fascist faster.

任何社會運行系統 都是你所受教育的一部分

The brain has no mechanism of discrimination.

你讀的書 你效仿的榜樣 你崇敬的人

The brain can't tell you what is relevant or less relevant

和基因毫無關係...

except experience.

除了眼睛的顏色 鼻子的形狀

(Narrator) We are not born with greed, envy, hatred, or bigotry.

可能還有一些遺傳特徵

Our behavior and values are reflective of the culture we are exposed to.

基因不控制價值觀

If you were raised by the headhunters of the Amazon

即使你生來有比另一個人好上更多的大腦

you'd be a headhunter.

意味著神經接受器更好 大腦組織的質量更好

If I said to you "Doesn't it bother you to have 5 shrunken heads?"

我會說假設你有一個更好的大腦

you'd say "Yes, my brother has 20."

如果你生活在一個法西斯的國家 你會更快成為一個法西斯主義者

Is he nuts? No, that's normal to his culture.

大腦沒有區別對待的機制

Social and environmental problems will remain insurmountable

大腦不會告訴你什麼相關或不太相關

as long as few nations control most of the Earth's resources

除非有過經歷

and the bottom line is profit over the well-being of people.

(旁白) 我們不是生來就貪婪 嫉妒 仇恨或偏執

Putting profit first results in unnecessary suffering

我們的行為與價值觀 反映了我們所接觸的文化

and aberrant behavior prevalent today.

如果你被亞馬遜河的獵頭人撫養長大

Many people feel that we need the rule of law to eliminate our problems.

你就會成為一個獵頭人

We have many laws, thousands upon thousands of them

如果我問你:"你不覺得有五個乾癟的頭顱會感到不舒服嗎?"

but they are constantly being broken.

你會說:"不會啊 我兄弟有二十個呢"

Paper proclamations and treaties do not alter the facts of scarcity

他瘋了嗎? 沒有 因為這對於他的文化而言很正常

deprivation, and insecurity.

只要少數幾個國家控制大多數的地球資源

You can predict the shape of the future and the values if you know

而且對利潤的強調關注超過了人們的福祉

the trends of events in the ocean pollution, the scarcity of arable land...

那麼社會和環境問題將會一直無法超越

If you watch that degrading system grow

利潤優先導致了不必要的痛苦

I can predict the riots and killing and assassination.

和如今到處氾濫的偏差異常行為

Human behavior is really generated by the surrounding environment.

很多人覺得需要法律規範來根除我們的問題

If there's a scarcity, say of water, it is prized and its price is high.

但我們已有很多的法條 成千上萬的法條

Let's discuss scarcity as a system.

但它們仍不斷被觸犯打破

Suppose it rained gold for about 3 days, gold dust.

紙上聲明和條約無法改變現實:匱乏的存在

People would go out and shovel it in, fill their cellars

剝削和不安全感

the attic, every drawer in the house. They'd throw out their clothing.

如果你知道海洋污染 可耕地匱乏這些事件的發展趨勢

If the rain kept up for a year so that gold was all over the place

你就可以預測未來的輪廓和價值觀

people would sweep it out of the house, take their rings off, throw them away

如果你看著惡化中的體系持續下去

and so human behavior undergoes change to that condition.

我就可以預測會有暴亂 殺戮和暗殺

There's only a policeman in front of something that people have need for

人類行為其實是由周圍環境導致的

and don't have access to, so you put a guard there.

例如若是缺乏了水 它就很珍貴且價格很高

But if lemon trees or orange trees and apple trees

讓我們再有系統地探討"匱乏"

grew all over the place, you couldn't sell it.

假如天上下了三天的金子 金粉

If you landed on an island that was so abundant with resources

人們會出去把它剷起來 裝入地下室

you had 10 people, there were 1000 fish for every person if you wanted it,

閣樓及房子的每個抽屜裡 他們會把他們的衣物都扔出來

there were 10 times the amount of breadfruit and bananas

如果這個雨不停地下一年 結果到處都是金子

money would not come into existence.

人們會把它們掃出房子 把戒指摘下扔掉

Private property would not come into existence.

因此說人類行為會在特定的條件狀況下變化

If the island was big enough: there were 10 people, there were 8000 acres

一件東西前會有警察 只是因為人們有需要

no one would give a damn about staking out this particular area.

卻無法得到 所以你放個衛兵在那裡

There are patterns of behavior that promote survival.

但如果檸檬樹 橘子樹 蘋果樹

There are social conditions that change our values and outlook.

長的到處都是 你就賣不掉

No one can write a constitution of required behavior

如果你登上一個小島 那裡資源無比豐富

without consulting the environment.

你們有10個人 每個人可以有一千條魚

So, we'd better take care of the environment

如果你想要 還可以有10倍的麵包果和香蕉

we'd better take care of one another and we'd better educate people

那麼錢根本不會出現

to the highest possible levels of our ability

私有財產根本不會出現

in order to have a society.

如果這個島嶼足夠大:10個人 卻有八千公頃土地

(Narrator) Even a peace treaty cannot prevent another war

那麼就沒人會在乎把某塊地標示出來

if the underlying causes are not dealt with.

有些行為模式助長了生存的危機感

Maybe what are needed are ethical people in government

有些社會狀況和條件則改變我們的價值觀和看法

who will work toward everyone's well-being.

沒人能夠寫一部包含所要求的"行為憲法"

But even if the most ethical people were elected to high positions

而不去考慮環境的影響

and we ran out of resources, there would still be lying

所以 我們最好愛護環境

cheating, stealing and corruption.

我們最好彼此照顧

It's not ethical people that are needed but rather

我們最好教育人們

a way of intelligently managing the Earth's resources for everyone's well-being.

盡我們所能達到最高水準

Let's examine our social arrangements further.

從而擁有一個社會

To maintain our economy, products must continuously be sold.

如果最根本的問題沒有得到解決 即使是和平條約

To assure this, they are deliberately designed to wear out and break down.

也無法阻止另一場戰爭

Maybe you've noticed this usually happens

也許需要的是品德高尚的人在政府工作

right after the warranty expires.

他們將為每個人的福祉而工作

This corrupt practice is referred to as 'planned obsolescence'

但即使是最高品行的人被選入最高職位

which is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency.

而我們的資源耗盡 那麼依然會有謊言

Innovators go through the finest schools and then are required

欺騙 偷竊和腐敗

to design things that wear out and break down right on schedule.

需要的不是有道德的人

This results in a tremendous waste of resources and energy.

而是一種對地球資源的智慧管理

We are plundering the planet for profits.

來造福每個人

If you think about it, it isn't a job people want

社會缺陷

but access to what their paycheck will bring.

我們再進一步審視一下我們的社會結構

Money does not represent anything real

為了維持經濟 產品必須能夠持續銷售

and there's no gold, silver or resource to back it up.

為了保證這點 產品被故意設計成容易磨損和故障

You can't eat money or build a house of it.

也許你已注意到 這通常發生在

It is not even related to our real capacity

剛剛過了保固期後

to produce goods and services on this planet.

這種墮落的做法被稱為"計劃性報廢"

The monetary system has been handed down from centuries ago

它有意識地降低效率

and we continue to use it without questions.

發明者在最好的學校學習

This system will keep installing more and more automation

然後被要求來設計產品卻使其磨損

cutting down on the purchasing power of the majority of people.

並按時故障

There will come a time (it's called the Gaussian curve)

這導致了驚人的資源和能源浪費

where employment is that, production is this

我們為了利潤而掠奪我們的星球

and purchasing power is that. The system stops.

如果你考慮這個問題 那麼人們需要的並不是"工作"

Banks fail and nothing works anymore.

而是得到工作報酬所能夠帶來的"東西"

We're moving in that direction very rapidly.

(信用)貨幣不代表任何真實的東西

- We have finally gotten to a place in 2011

而且沒有金銀或資源來支撐它

where it's becoming obvious that the machine has beaten the man.

你不能吃錢 也不能用它來蓋房子

- We are incredibly productive with far fewer people.

它甚至也與我們在這個星球上

- We are more productive as an economy than ever before.

生產物品和提供服務的真正能力無關

- An iPad app can do more than four people.

金融貨幣體系從幾個世紀前就傳承下來

- It's just that there are fewer jobs. The jobs that do exist now

而我們不加質疑地繼續使用

can have lower wages because of obvious reasons:

"只要我能控制一個國家的貨幣發行

a lot of people are looking for a small number of jobs.

我就不在乎是誰制定法律" 梅耶·羅斯柴爾德(世界金融鉅頭)

The wages go down, that has huge impacts on the middle class

這個系統會不斷安裝越來越多的自動化裝置

and ripples out from there.

削弱大多數人的購買力

We're moving towards social collapse.

會有那麼一天(這被稱為高斯曲線)

I think this is going to happen all over the world, not just here.

這時就業率是那樣 生產是這樣

It doesn't require the overthrow of the government.

而購買力是那樣 則系統便停止運行

It just requires that you let it alone; it will overthrow itself.

銀行倒閉 一切都不再運轉

If you control the media, you can calm people down.

我們正在迅速地向那個方向行進

But if the majority keeps getting laid off, they don't have purchasing power

我們終於在2011年到達一個程度

the system collapses. It doesn't work anymore; they invade.