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Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

Born
March 13, 1916
Died
May 18, 2017
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1916

About Jacque Fresco

Jacque Fresco (March 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017) was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design. Fresco wrote and lectured his views on sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource management, cybernetic technology, automation, and the role of science in society. He directed The Venus Project and advocated global implementation of a socioeconomic system which he referred to as a "resource-based economy". In the late 1940s, Fresco created and was director of Scientific Research Laboratories in Los Angeles. Fresco had two marriages when he lived in Los Angeles and carried his second marriage through his first couple of years in Miami. Fresco, with his partner Roxanne Meadows, founded The Venus Project in 1985 and supported it in the 1990s through freelance inventing, industrial engineering, conventional architectural modeling, and invention consultations.

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The world when Jacque Fresco was born

Jacque Fresco was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jacque Fresco's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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