"Future by Design is a documentary film by Academy Award nominated
filmmaker William Gazecki, sharing the life and far-reaching vision of
Jacque Fresco, a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster
Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught futurist who describes himself most
often as a "generalist" or multi-disciplinarian -- a student of many
inter-related fields. He is a prolific inventor, having spent his entire
life (he is now 90 years old) conceiving of and devising inventions on
various scales which entail the use of innovative technology. The film
explores Fresco's world of the future, where scientific method, not
politics, rules world operations, and all human activities and efforts
are directed towards achieving dynamic equilibrium between man and
nature. Future by Design is a visually and intellectually engaging
exploration of one man's vision of a future where war is outdated, there
is no shortage of any necessary resource, and our focus as a species is
sustainability. But far from presenting a vision of Utopia, this
documentary demonstrates a "possible future" -- with real and viable
alternatives to our current paradigm of militarism and commercialism.
Jacque Fresco is an outspoken and immediately likable character who's
radical and sometimes irreverent ideas are sure to draw both praise and
controversy.