Looking Forward
| Title | Looking Forward |
| Year for Search | 1969 |
| Authors | Keyes, Kenneth S. Jr.(1921-95), and Fresco, Jacque(1916-2017) |
| Date Published | 1969 |
| Publisher | A.S.Barnes\Thomas Yoseloff |
| Place Published | South Brunswick, NJ\London |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Technological eutopia. "Part II A Projection of Our Future" (87-195) is a computer-based eutopia using atomic power. Government replaced by computers. Extensive genetic engineering. Production and distribution computer controlled, and no industrial work for people. Human work is administrative and creative. People sleep little. Extremely healthy with constant automated health checks at home. No Money. The third part, "Looking Forward," is a single chapter, "Education for Change". See also 1995, 2002, and 2007 Fresco and https://www.thevenusproject.com/the-venus-project/jacque-fresco/. PSt holds a folder that contains: Venus Project brochure (4 pp); 2 copies of highlights of an interview with Jacque Fresco (6 pp); photocopy of an article by the author entitled “Designing the Future: A Cybernetic City for the Next Century” published in The Futurist 28.3 (May-June 1994): 29-33; promotional materials including a color sheet with images of the model home and a color sheet with various conceptual renderings. At the University of Pennsylvania, the Daniels Millennium Collection, Box 329, includes a copy of the book, “Introduction to the Venus Project” (http://www.nas.com/venus/intro.shtml), “The Venus Project Mission Statement: (http://www.nas.com/venus/ms01.shtml), and other material. There is considerable repetition in the Fresco material. |
| Illustration | Designs and illus. Jacque Fresco |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St, PSt |
| Author Note | Keyes (1921-95) was an author of self-help books. Fresco (1916-2017) was the founder of the Venus Project. |
| Full Text | 1969 Keyes, Kenneth S., Jr. (1921-95) and Jacque Fresco (b. 1916). Looking Forward. Designs and illus. Jacque Fresco. South Brunswick, NJ: A.S.Barnes and Co.\London: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. MoU-St, PSt Technological eutopia. “Part II A Projection of Our Future” (87-195) is a computer-based eutopia using atomic power. Government replaced by computers. Extensive genetic engineering. Production and distribution computer controlled, and no industrial work for people. Human work is administrative and creative. People sleep little. Extremely healthy with constant automated health checks at home. No Money. The third part, “Looking Forward,” is a single chapter, “Education for Change”. See also 1995, 2002, and 2007 Fresco and https://www.thevenusproject.com/the-venus-project/jacque-fresco/. PSt holds a folder that contains: Venus Project brochure (4 pp); 2 copies of highlights of an interview with Jacque Fresco (6 pp); photocopy of an article by the author entitled “Designing the Future: A Cybernetic City for the Next Century” published in The Futurist 28.3 (May-June 1994): 29-33; promotional materials including a color sheet with images of the model home and a color sheet with various conceptual renderings. At the University of Pennsylvania, the Daniels Millennium Collection, Box 329, includes a copy of the book, “Introduction to the Venus Project” (http://www.nas.com/venus/intro.shtml), “The Venus Project Mission Statement: (http://www.nas.com/venus/ms01.shtml), and other material. Keyes was an author of self-help books. Fresco was the founder of the Venus Project. There is considerable repetition in the Fresco material. |
