Theres so many games coming out this month and the next...which ones are on your list to buy?

Gears of War 2

Resistance 2

Far Cry 2

Dead Space

Left 4 Dead

Fable 2

Fallout 3

Call of Duty : World at War\

Little Big Planet

Banjo

Around $500 in games...OUCH!

hmm, the venus project website was interesting, however we will never see any of that in my lifetime, I can guarantee that, and heck they are generating ideas off of technology we have today, by the time that stuff can happen it won't because we will have much different technologies, Fusion technologies, unlimited power for free, and Clean.. Vastly quicker forms of transportation, and new ways to grow food, interesting concept but doesn't take alot of things that don't exist yet into account.,ferrari2001

We can easily have electric cars atm, but that would mean the oil companies would go out of business.

Okay, there are so many links to follow. Can someone sum this thing up for me quickly so I can jump in the conversation without all this research and video watching?OfficialJab

I'll try to sum it up as brief as I can. In the new Zeitgeist movie (released a day or 2 ago) there was a mention of the solution to our world's problems, this was known as the Venus Project. It is seen to be a way to redesign our culture in order to survive in Earth (hence the way we might live in the future). Therefore, I'm trying to argue that it is important for the world to adapt to this view, in order to get rid of greed,poverty,war, etc. We can survive without running on fossil fuels,etc and it's important to start going in that direction soon. (if you don't want to watch the videos just take a quick glimpse at the website)

I'm sure most of you know about the Zeitgeist: Addendum that was released yesterday (Part 2 to the last one released last year). It talked about the Venus Project, as Capitalism is no longer needed due to our increase in technology (being able to live a life where we no longer need to pollute/harm the environment, having an endless stream of resources)

Imo, this is how the future will be, if we wish to survive for another few millenia. The Zeitgeist 2 can be seen here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912

However, that is not the main point, as I did not create this thread to discuss the conspiracies within that film. Rather, I made this thread to discuss the concept of the Venus Project, aka the future. You can view this here if you have enough time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf1gZxmIDKw

http://www.thevenusproject.com/

In order for humanity to strive we must redesign our culture, in order to prevent and solve the many problems within our world. It is not in human nature to do bad, but rather it is our human behavior which manipulates us to act in such ways.

"An extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared toour similarities.

Our lives, our past and our future are tied to the sun, the moon and the stars...We humans have seen the atoms which constitute all of nature and the forces that sculpted this work...and we, who embody the local eyes and ears and thoughtsfeelings of the cosmos, have begun to wonder about out origins...star stuff contemplating the stars, organized collections of ten billion billion billion atoms, contemplating the evolution of nature, tracing that long path by which it arrived at consciousness here on the planet earth...Our loyalties are to the species and to the planet. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not to just ourselves but also to that cosmos ancient and vast from which we sprung.

We are one species.

We are star stuff harvesting star light."

-Carl Sagan

1934-1996

RIP Carl Sagan & George Carlin

Most likely Jesus Christ didn't exist, and if he did he wasn't influental as Christianity didn't rise during his time if he existed (just a myth character walking over water).

1) Constantine (the true spreader of Christianity)

2) Mohammed (created Islam, was a military leader)

3) Karl Marx

4) Alexander the Great

5) Julius Caesar

Socrates/Plato/etc indeed were very intelligent however they're not more influental than the above, if they were really influental the world wouldn't be full of unintelligent people who are swayed by religion, greed, lust, and propaganda.