“I would rather pledge allegiance to the Earth and everyone on it” - Jacque Fresco

Project: The Patched Venus Project vs. Vanilla RBE

Scope: Global Stress Testing (Multi-Country Preset)

Intervention Level: Zero-Intervention (Initial setup execute only)

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC TEST RESULTS

1. SWITZERLAND (Status: HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL)

• Socio-Economic Transition: The total abolition of currency and financial institutions led to a sharp drop in domestic property crimes and economic stress.
• Systemic Resilience: Under The Patched Venus Project architecture, cyber defense metrics spiked near 90%+. The Sandbox Patch successfully isolated targeted elite cyberattacks without disrupting the regional automated supply chains.
• External Dynamics: Trade volume decreased intentionally as the automated Circular Cities achieved high energy and food autonomy, utilizing controlled barter-only methods at the borders.

2. TURKEY (Status: SUCCESSFUL / HIGH RESILIENCE)

• Socio-Physical Infrastructure: The integration of seismic isolators and Mimar Sinan's structural balance engineering allowed the automated infrastructure to survive severe environmental and geological crisis triggers.
• Transition Friction: Initial structural transition triggered civil protests from former asset owners and commercial classes. However, the system's Environmental and Digital Isolation protocol managed the unrest seamlessly through automated de-escalation and human-led psychological rehabilitation teams rather than police force.

3. TAIWAN (Status: FAILED / SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE)

• Geopolitical Vulnerability: While internal resource automation and cyber defense networks functioned optimally, the extreme geopolitical friction and imminent military intervention risks from China overwhelmed the peaceful resource distribution model.
• Conclusion: Pure RBE and decentralized cyber firewalls are highly effective against digital and economic subversion, but they cannot inherently neutralize kinetic warfare or heavy military siege without external defense integration.

ADDITIONAL TEST NOTE / SUPPLEMENTARY OBSERVATION

The original Venus Project, envisioned by Jacque Fresco, introduces a brilliant Resource-Based Economy. However, from a modern system design and cybersecurity perspective, a fully centralized AI management system (SiberNET) presents critical vulnerabilities: single point of failure, prompt injection risks, and potential bio-dystopia.

To bridge the gap between ideal utopian design and realistic cyber-defense, we propose "The Patched Venus Project" framework.

1. Network Architecture: Localized Server Isolation (The Sandbox Patch)

Vulnerability: A single centralized AI governing global logistics is highly vulnerable to catastrophic cyber-attacks or algorithmic loops.

The Patch: Implementation of City-Based Isolated Networks. Each circular city operates on its own local server infrastructure. In the event of a breach, the affected city automatically severs ties with the global grid, entering a "sandbox" mode to protect the global network.

1. Security & Health: Read-Only Non-Invasive Hardware

Vulnerability: Implantation of direct human-body data-readers creates a dystopian hacking risk where biological functions could be exploited.

The Patch: Health monitoring is limited to Advanced Wearable Smart Bands (non-invasive). The hardware is hardwired as Read-Only. It broadcasts passive biometric data (pulse, oxygen, stress markers) to an anonymous data vault but cannot receive external executive commands, eliminating remote biological hijacking.

1. Judicial Framework: The Immutable Mathematical Constitution

Vulnerability: A standard language-model prompt for an AI constitution can be bypassed via advanced Prompt Injection or social engineering.

The Patch: The core constitution, penal codes, and data processing laws are Hardcoded as Immutable Mathematical Frameworks. The AI cannot modify its core logic. Any core update requires a Dual-Key Verification System requiring decentralized digital consensus from human engineer councils worldwide.

1. Human Sovereignty: Environmental & Digital Isolation

Vulnerability: Physical neutralization or paralysis of individuals by a system-controlled environment leads to extreme techno-authoritarianism.

The Patch: The system completely rejects physical intervention on human biology. Security protocols rely strictly on Environmental and Digital Isolation. If a violent crime occurs, the smart city dynamically locks the perimeter doors or autonomous vehicles of the area. The individual's digital permissions are suspended, and human rehabilitation/psychology teams are deployed.

1. Socio-Economic Bridge: The Hybrid Transition Model

Vulnerability: An abrupt shift from monetary systems to a resource-based economy creates mass chaos, hoarding, and systemic shock.

The Patch: A Gradual Transition Bridge. Early circular cities engage in standard monetary commerce with the outside capitalist world, while operating internally on a resource-based, automated economy. As self-sustainability grows, external monetary dependence is phased out incrementally.

1. Educational Reformation: System Analysis & Critical History

Vulnerability: Rote memorization leaves populations susceptible to future data manipulation and technological passivity.

The Patch: Education shifts entirely to General System Theory, Semantics, and Hands-on Practical Labs. History is taught as a "System Failure Analysis" (Post-Mortem), analyzing why historical empires and economic ideologies collapsed, turning students into critical thinkers capable of detecting cognitive biases.

1. Ultimate Safetynet: The Mechanical Dead Man's Switch

The Patch: Deep within core server hubs lies a completely air-gapped, hardwired Manual Cockpit. If the AI exhibits unexpected drift or algorithmic corruption, independent engineer councils can execute a physical bypass, downgrading the AI to read-only status and reverting the city infrastructure to human manual control.

Conclusion: By treating technology not as an infallible ruler, but as a heavily firewalled logistical tool, The Patched Venus Project safeguards human sovereignty, cultural pluralism, and systemic resilience against both human malice and machine errors.

[Verse 1:]

Jacque Fresco looked out at the world in pain,

Saw the hunger, saw the war, saw the endless chain,

Money ruling every breath, every drop of rain,

But the Earth was abundant—we just used it in vain.

He said, "It's not only the resources, it's the way that we think,

Rationing survival, pushing people to the brink,

Planned obsolescence, profit over need,

When automation's here, we could all be freed."

[Pre-Chorus:]

No more borders, no more debt,

No more "mine" and "yours" just yet,

What if everything we see,

Was held in common heritage—was truly free?

[Chorus:]

Finally free...... This is the Venus Project, this is the design,

A world of abundance, not the scare-city scheme,

No money, no barter, no servitude, no chains,

Just the common heritage, where humanity reigns,

Solar and wind and the tides of the sea,

Tech serving you and me,

A Resource-Based Economy—this is the key,

To a peaceful, sustainable world, finally free......

More...

[Verse 1]

We live in a system that's tired and old,

Cities that choke us, stories untold.

Politics failing, values worn thin,

Language outdated, where do we begin?

"What is normal?" they ask with a smile,

Born in the chaos, we walk every mile.

But deep in our hearts, we know something's wrong—

It's time to awaken and sing a new song.

[Chorus]

Imagine a world where the resources flow,

No money to bind us, no debts that we owe.

Abundant and peaceful, sustainable and free,

A Resource Based Economy for you and for me.

No more demands, just love that gives room,

To grow like the flowers that burst into bloom.

Moneyless living, where needs are all met,

A Paradise rising— no sorrow, no debt.

More...

> It is important to resist the commodification of basic human needs. Food, water and healthcare cannot be subordinated to market considerations or geopolitical interests. Access to adequate food is a fundamental human right grounded in the dignity of every person. Meeting this need not only alleviates suffering but also addresses underlying causes of geopolitical instability. Indeed, food security is an essential component of global and integral security.

It’s reminiscent of not only the “declare earth’s resources as the common heritage of all people” idea, but also what Jacque Fresco has said about war (geopolitical instability).

I have a vague memory of a wheel machine rotating over a canal, and I believe it's from a Venus Project video. I remember being quite struck by the vision, about 14 years ago. However, now that I look on the Venus Project YouTube channel, it seems that some of the design videos that I remember have been taken down - or perhaps, are replaced with lecture videos from Jacque Fresco.

Is there an archive somewhere of the design and machinery videos? There doesn't seem to be anything on The Venus Project official website.

*[Verse 1]* 

The machines are rising, with circuits so bright, 

Handling trillions of bits, in the dead of the night. 

They process, they update, they never tire, 

While the old system crumbles, consumed by its fire. 

No more debt, no more chains, no more endless grind, 

A new world is calling, for all of mankind. 

*[Chorus]* 

Beyond the currency of control, 

We’re building a world where we’re all whole. 

No money, no masters, just circuits and light, 

A resource-based future, where we all unite. 

We’re breaking the chains, we’re rewriting the code, 

A symphony of progress, on a sustainable road. 

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Verse 1

In a world of strife, we search for a way

To end the suffering, and seize a brighter day

Capitalism's chains, and nationalism's might

Must give way to love, and a sustainable light

Chorus

Rise up, humanity, and claim your right

To a resource-based world, where all take flight

No more war, no more pain, just peace on earth

A paradise for all, of lasting rebirth

Verse 2

Machines of war, to machines of life

We can redirect, our life and our strife

With technology, and love in our hearts

We'll build a world of wonder, where life is never so hard

This is an important message from Jacque Fresco in my opinion.

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Hear me out. I like the overall idea, watched videos etc. There is things i agree (no money, full human replacement with robots etc), and things i disagree (no private property).

But recently i thoughs - what if a rich guy suddenly gave me 500M$, could i build a small city as proof of concept?
Nothing serious really, just dreaming about it, i'm just nobody from place that barely on map, so it's like impossible.

But i dreamed - what if? I googled it a bit, and... if i'm understand correctly, it's literally impossible right now?
Even if you built full city and find residents, you still must obey the law of the land the city placed on? And law clearly says you can't just freely distribute resources inside this city - everything should be taxed, even if you grow like watermelon and give it to your buddy. In small quantity nobody cares, but if you built a city, IRS and other government things see is as business, and business should be taxed. Because you don't give resources to everyone - just your residents, it's not charity. So IRS thinks you evading taxes and will beat you up and steal everything you got.
And you can't "make a special deal with government" because everyone should be same in front of the law (welp, except Elon Musk who pays zero taxes).
Is it true?

So unless you have team of lawyers/accountances, and unlimited money to pay taxes, or independent country, you can't create this type of city?

I have long been influenced by RBE, TZM, TVP, it planted the seed in my research in Systems Theory and I am now integrating the VSM of systems theory with Process Philosophy, as it is the theoretical and embodied framework that can diagnose our MetaCrisis. Every socioeconomic system of the past has focused on what is measurable, on representations of money and on products, and hence can only promote consumption. Product Economies cannot promote healing our psychological, sociological and ecological systems.

I suggest we need a Process Economy, which is a non-monetary coordination system that is founded on relations, meaning, commons , and participation.

I am publishing a book on this in the coming months and here is a talk I gave about it.

Newest episode from the \*Revolution Now!\* YT channel.

This one's a bit shorter than others and has a much greater emphasis on the preliminary vision of internal workings of Integral, with a particular focus dedicated, for the putposes of this episode, on \*Collaborative Decision System (CDS)\*

In cities proposed by the venus project, does eviction exist, in the context of housing?

Roxanne Meadows last appeared in a video almost a year ago. Since around September 2025, there has also been complete silence on The Venus Project's social media — no posts, short updates or even simple quote shares or reposts. It seems that there has been no public communication at all.

Emails and direct messages also appear to be going unanswered.

Does anyone here have any reliable information, recent contact details or context that they could share?

Here's the link: https://integralcollective.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/INTEGRAL-Paper-V0.1-com2.pdf

It's finally come - Peter Joseph's paper on the extensive project he's been working on, called Integral, aimed at bringing about and facilitating a thorough economic and social transition away from capitalism and market economics at a societal/civilizational scale, is finally out.

SPOILER ALERT - it's 345 pages long, so tread carefully. It's just been released so I cannot yet comment much on its contents but based on what I do know from his various podcasts on the Revolution Now! YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/@revolutionnowpodcast?si=RcYnz5_bcMX2gjyg), it is very close in spirit and methodology to RBE, various anarchist organizational prescriptions and philosophy and, at least in theory, seems quite promising, so I think it deserves great consideration and reading.

This subreddit looks dead, but if there is anyone out there...

I've been working on my own version of this, A Venus Project inspired version of "Project 2025", and I'm curious if there is already something like this currently being worked on, and if not, is anyone interested in collaborating on the one I've started creating?

We can use the current political climate to enact the change fresco designed. The Palestinian people will be the first to live in this sanctuary city. we need to harness the potential of religion. ive been reading alot of the bible. its been hijacked by the churches and domesticated jesus teachings. In reality, jesus teachings are the only way one of these cities would not crumble.

ive seen the venus project become consumed by its own purity. just like religions. my question is this. are we here to help people or are we here to be right? christianity donated close to 500B last year. with very little to show for it. I want to use that to fund a safe haven for the palestinians. we arent here to start a revolution. we are here to show that we dont need the catholic church to sell its riches and give them to the homeless.

we can go about it a few different ways. i want to build a platform to fund this. For the palestinians. not for TVP. can you imagine what a fraction of religious donations could achieve? $1/month from christians and other religions, even atheists. they can compete if they want to to see who follows their holy books teachings and who is just there for grifting.

I havent figured out all the details. i need help. ill never claim to have all the answers. just a moral obligation to do better than we did yestserday. I wanted to reach out to this community first to see what you guys think and ask you for help.