For anyone browsing The Venus Project’s website over the course of this year, you may have noticed new content being added. In recent years it has been the suggestion of many that The Venus Project website has been overdue for an update, in both content and layout. We have responded to this suggestion by revising the website to detail The Venus Project’s present position with regard to global circumstances and future possibilities. Viewers of the website will find the general structure of pages rearranged and new information that presents TVP from a broader vantage point. The latest updates include the following most substantial additions. If you have feedback regarding the recent updates, please submit this form.

About section:

Mission

Also appearing on the homepage, the description of TVP’s mission has been updated to coincide with the prevailing terms in our line of work. It also attempts to capture the whole of TVP’s purpose from a higher vantage point.

History

The current history section covers the multiple phases of development preceding the inception of The Venus Project. It also defines the phrase “The Venus Project’ in its multiple uses.

Partners

The newest additions to The Venus Project partners list includes the Jacque Fresco Foundation and Thorium Energy Alliance. 

Jacque Fresco’s body of work forms the bedrock of The Venus Project’s endeavors and will be getting a dedicated representation in the form of the Jacque Fresco Foundation (JFF).

We have been searching for a reliable thorium education and advocacy group and have found a partner in the Thorium Energy Alliance who we recommend for all information about thorium. Their executive director is co-editor of the 2024 edition of Global Progress on Molten Salt Reactors. Thorium molten salt reactors (MSR) now stand as one of the more promising long-term energy sources for humanity. The Venus Project will continue to monitor the status of thorium MSR viability.

Advisors

Newest to our advisors list is Simon Michaux who’s knowledge of mineral resources and experience in feasibility studies will help us pave the way for undertaking the initial steps toward an effective transition. The following video presents the recent research by Dr. Michaux. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujDQAMVjqwA

Concepts section:

Vision

This section represents the aims and proposals in new words, expressed as what will make the world a better place for all people, as well as identifying the factors that make the world a worse place for all people.

Values

The Values section may be seen as an unconventional way of representing values. Rather than thinking in black and white terms, as if one thing is always bad and another thing always good, a set of values are represented as states of tension between opposing extremes. The task is to find the right balance between states that are neither entirely good nor entirely bad but rather exhibiting tradeoffs. Finding the ratio befitting to any given objective and context should constitute a primary task.

Knowledge

Research

Pages detailing Jacque Fresco’s work have been moved or linked to the page about Jacque Fresco under Research. We also feature the work of Simon Michaux, whose research about resource constraints has constituted a preliminary survey of global minerals and energy contingencies, useful to assessing transition strategies for the future.

Problems and Predicaments

This section details the major global problems that motivates TVP’s work.

Approaches and Responses

This section details the methods by which TVP approaches the above problems.

Scenarios section:

Perhaps the most substantial addition to the website, this new section expounds on the prevailing global future scenarios. General World Scenarios adopts a framework adapted from the Limits to Growth studies over the preceding decades. Scenarios of Global Catastrophic Risk identifies the factors that hide in the blindspots of all sustainability thinking. This section includes risks that could adversely affect all people on the planet.

The page about Venus Evolutions constitutes The Venus Project’s response to above scenarios, otherwise known as ‘scenario planning’. This section details what the world can expect to see in reaction to the above global problems and predicaments and prevailing future trajectories. Venus Evolutions represents a transition program fostered by The Venus Project. This section includes criteria for qualifying any given proposal for constructing a human habitat system and community as a genuine extension of The Venus Project’s ideals, i.e. an evolution of The Venus Project. In its current form, Venus Evolutions expects proposals to address one of three scales: local, regional, and global.

Portfolio section:

The portfolio section is an attempt to represent The Venus Project’s history of work. These pages are still in the making.

Learn section:

Research

Many pages of the previous version of The Venus Project website have been moved under Jacque Fresco in the research section. Simon Michaux was also added under the research section due to the notable influence his work has had on The Venus Project’s updates. We look forward to adding the work of additional researchers as they get intimately involved with The Venus Project.

New FAQ

You will notice a new set of FAQs that speak more to The Venus Project’s current circumstances.

Booklist

Another notable addition to the website is a new booklist compiled by the board of directors. These books supplement Jacque Fresco’s original booklist which has been moved to the Jacque Fresco Foundation website for the sake of space. New books on the list extend the topics that Fresco prioritized and expand the scope of interest to include many emerging concepts and methods that were obscure or not available in Fresco’s time but nonetheless augment our toolkit.

Acknowledgements

Some feedback has suggested that the update to the website has downplayed the description of a Resource Based Economy and Jacque Fresco. Although the current website now presents TVP’s concerns at a higher level of abstraction, rest assured that all the same content is still present on the website, either rephrased or featured under the page pertaining to Jacque Fresco. Information pertaining to Jacque Fresco will evermore appear on the Jacque Fresco Foundation (JFF) website.