In this lecture, Jacque Fresco deals with the function of psychology and the failures of psychiatry to treat psychological problems. He differentiates between client-centered therapy and behavioral engineering. Fresco analyzes the tradeoffs between the opposing lifestyles of self-serving egoism vs. what he calls “functional selfishness” (working in service of society) and their relation to mental health and public health. Fresco also comments upon Wayne Dyer’s self-help books, Ayn Rand’s objectivism, B.F. Skinner’s Walden Two, and Mark Twain’s Letters from Earth.
Jacque Fresco describes the arrangement and benefits of designing and implementing a city using a systems approach and how society functions in a Resource Based Economy. He lays out the importance and relationship of these cities to enable people to change their behaviors.
Jacque Fresco outlines a direction that people and nations can agree on and work towards, to achieve a saner, more sustainable future. He provides examples of goals that all people can relate to in order to attain these ends.
In this lecture Jacque Fresco gives a preliminary demonstration of automatic brain processes involved in making inferences and covers techniques of creative and analytical thinking. The majority of this lecture explores human needs, expressions of love, and personal relationships. He additionally discusses conditioned perceptions of beauty, the formation of preferences, and the peaks and plateaus of enjoying something.
This lecture is primarily concerned with the leaders and followers of a variety of philosophies (religious, spiritual, ethical) used for guiding one’s life while neglecting a social philosophy and direction for society. It discusses the problems and benefits of conforming to such philosophies and comments upon the ideas of Buckminster Fuller, Norbert Wiener, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Helena Blavatsky, Kenneth Keyes Jr., and Mark Twain. This lecture analyzes notions of introspection, satisfaction, peace of mind, nature lovers, higher consciousness, approval, sharing, good behavior, insecurity, personal judgement, and more.
In this lecture Jacque Fresco scrutinizes the myths and values that have dominated history, those related to decision making, individuality, superstitions, metaphysics, astrology, religion, prejudice, stereotypes, indoctrination, animism, purpose, love, justice, expectations, nudity, morality, competition, favoritism, holidays, rituals, marriage, relationships. Fresco examines at length the creation stories of the Bible, as well as stories about Moses and Jesus Christ. In explaining the origin of consciousness, Fresco notes Paul Brunton’s book, “Quest of the Overself.”