Jacque Fresco - Looking Forward

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Looking Forward

KENNETH S. KEYES, JR. and JACQUE FRESCO

Dedicated to the youth of the world who must meet the challenge of the twenty-first century.

About the Authors

Kenneth S. Keyes, Jr., is a multi-faceted man. He attended Duke University and obtained a BA from, the University of Miami, majoring in psychology and minoring in music. His interests include art, symphonic music, yachting-he lives aboard a 71-foot yacht named Caprice and writing-he is the author of How to Develop Your Thinking Ability and How to Live Longer-Stronger-Slimmer. He has taught in the Evening Division of the University of Miami.

Jacque Fresco worked as an industrial designer for thirty years, designing all types of equipment from prefabricated houses to automobiles, electronic and medical equipment, human factors systems, and hundreds of commercial products and inventions. He has designed and patented such varying items as a radical aircraft wing structure patented by the USAAF and three-dimensional motion pictures not requiring the "use of viewers. Numerous articles and photographs have been published about his work in many magazines and newspapers. He has served as technical advisor in a number of motion pictures, including one of the first on space stations and a journey to the moon called Project Moon Base. He lives in Miami.

LOOKING FORWARD

by Kenneth S. Keyes, Jr. and Jacques Fresco Looking forward is an imaginative and fascinating book in which the authors take you on a journey into the culture and technology of the twenty-first century. After an introductory section that discusses the "Things that Shape Your Future." you will explore the whys and wherefores of the unfamiliar, alarming, but exciting world of a hundred years from now. You will see this society through the eyes of Scott and Hella, a couple of the next century. Their living quarters are equipped with a cybernator. a seemingly magical computer device, but one that is based on scientific principles now...