Jacque Fresco - Depression, Self Image - Sept. 5, 2011 (1/2)

[@Sammybizness]

Why did the world wait so long to recognize this man's genius?

[@putheflamesou]

Sammybizness He is not the only one really. One of a kind yes. But it is money root of all evil suppresses. Ad agencies count on another, voluntary ignorance. But pep are leaning more and faster. We could be doing things now to show unity, then the youth unite and silence the "their" World.

[@Jerome3693]

He isn't genius, he is enlightened

[@nemoianpaw9929]

The world has yet to recognize. It's up to those who remain to carry the possibilities into the future.

[@nemoianpaw9929]

@@Jerome3693 which is a form of genius in my view

[@je6874]

@@Jerome3693it’s a part of what we understand as ‘Genius’

[@marys.2301]

i wish the earth had more people like him.

[@shervinmokthari1251]

We need this man's message, knowledge and wisdom today, more than ever!

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

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[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@JC-zc1wr nop we aren't. Time to read, not project 😉 www.thevenusproject.com/faqs/ (Peter Tvp Volunteer)

[@mebhisntatownie]

martin luther king jr shouldve teamed up with this guy

[@BicisSolidarias]

I feel better when I listen Jacque Fresco. You inspire me :-). THANKS

[@yurik1068]

Best explanation of depression I've heard so far, it makes sense and so simple.

[@davidshuck7144]

Mr Fresco you are an amazing human being such an inspiration I have seen many of your videos and have to say I'm hooked on your way of thinking, incredible mind brilliant! I'm struggling for words you are the man in my eyes!!

[@mustafaali9128]

"Learning things that take you out the old value systems" love that!

[@Todrianth]

This is THE BEST explanation of Depression that I've been seeing on the internet. I always thought of it that way but could not explain it with such good words and examples. Good for you Jacque Fresco, you have put all the other psychologists I've seen to shame.

[@DrSeussTruth]

I love you Todd.

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

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[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

Jacque's more apt to suggest sociology over psychology, and investigate behaviorism independently. Someone came to a session here and was head of a department that emphasized behaviorism and told of interesting experiments they were doing, wish i could recall who it was. Anyways, Jacque maintains that a widespread acceptance of behaviorism would have negative impact upon the system and so there isn't much support from academia which requires funding to operate in price system.

[@jesuisravi]

Jacque, you're something else.

[@johndrew6568]

I've suffered from depression for years! Listening to you has been good! Hope you have a great life, ending up running this planet earth! THANK YOU!!!

[@dom5491]

I agree I hope he lives forever id love to meet Him

[@Soundslikeshavon]

I love his tone. I love how clear he explains things. Jacque thank you for being someone worthy enough to consider a role model. I look up to this man

[@jonnyflash5110]

Some people just have a way of taking the obvious perspective by articulating it into a practical and relatable way. Mr. Fresco has that gift.

[@salasvalor01]

He deserves at least a ph.d in psychology for this.

[@lukeaustin4465]

You don't need a phd in psychology in order to understand human behaviour.

[@trinityhomesSA]

He just described how to manage emotions, being depressed is an emotion, when you experience it you can choose to hold on to it or quickly discard it. Being able to manage your emotions properly is also a high form of spiritual consciousness. At that state of being you are wiser, you love unconditionally, you are compassionate, you show empathy.

[@samezidrovibes]

This image pops in my mind when unwanted emotions arise, I can click my ticket and go for the ride or I can simply decide not to get on the ride and move forward. We attach to so much we aren’t even aware. Be here now, wishing us abundance.

[@judy19897]

YOUR THE BEST! SPREAD THE WORD! IF YOU DO NOTHING, NOTHING WILL HAPPEND

[@TheUArabej]

Seems like you're doing nothing too

[@judy19897]

whell, im spreading on internet, but isnt enought

[@nevertrustthegovernment7749]

INDEED

[@RonSiemons]

what a beautiful human

[@eyeseethruyou5142]

This guy is awesome

[@EcksPression]

This is one of wisest things I have heard in a long, long time

[@АртемСергеев-п4ъ]

I think that the number of people who are diagnosed with clinical depression nowadays is way larger than the number of people who actually have messed up brain chemistry. Not to mention that you can have messed up brain chemistry because of the reasons Mr. Fresco pointed out and not some genetic flaw that caused mental disorder. That's what he's talking about: most of the "depressed" people are simply sad and miserable because they can't realize their true potential, because they have unrealistic expectations and because they pursue things that they truly don't need, in other words they are not living their lives for themselves. Another problem is that so many people nowadays like to justify their inability to change their lives(study more, exercise more, eat healthy or whatever, anything) by saying that this is who they are and they simply can't change it, that it's all some health problems or unfortunate circumstances that they have no control over. Most of the time it's total bullshit, and all they are doing is desperately looking for excuse not do anything, because the truth is that humans are naturally extremely lazy(obviously because it's an evolutionary advantage), craven, indecisive and whatnot, but we don't want to admit it because it will lower our self-esteem so we come up with all sorts of theories some of which are very elaborate to justify our behavior and never dare to admit the simple truth even to ourselves preferring to live in the captivity of illusions. And that's what Mr. Fresco's philosophy is all about: snap out of it, live in the reality not in your imaginary world and then maybe, just maybe things will change. Or you can keep getting high on anti-depressants, tranquilizer, booze, food, postmodernist philosophy or whatever other drugs you're taking and continue to waste your life.

[@milantomich6568]

What a great man he was. We need that kind of man again.

[@symbolsarenotreality4595]

He is definitely right for a lot of cases but for me I love who I am and I am depressed I live in the monetary system.

[@symbolsarenotreality4595]

oh wait no actually I am also addicted to cannabis as a coping mechanism and that is my negative self image

[@symbolsarenotreality4595]

looking for justice indeed, I had to learn how to accept the world the way it was, not how I wished it to be and continue to working to change it

[@86hills59]

Same. My depression has mostly been existential. Not personal. But I believe we possess the ability to change the world via small victories everyday that can snowball into something special but you have to have a strong defiant will to achieve this. And your vision for yourself and the world is a plant you have to water every single day

[@markosgraveyard]

I am impressed by any of those KZbin videos into Jasque Fresco talks. Every single one of them, say again Every. Single. One of them have made me say wow to myself. I always was been caught off gaurd in his talks, there was always something i didn't really think about. This man is so inspiring, there are no words that can describe it better....

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

thanks for all of your kind comments, am passing along to Jacque. i think it helps him to see what works/helps

[@binay9499]

I miss 😢 Mr J Fresco 😢 😞 a real guru of the 21st century 🙏

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

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[@mebhisntatownie]

Roxanne is still alive

[@TheAcad3mic]

"When you speak, don't speak for approval, speak to inform. If you found a fire you'd gladly rush into a hall with a thousand people and tell them all to leave and not feel anything, because what you're saying is essential.". That is fantastic advice. I'm very glad to have watched this, just for that lesson. I'll remember that,

[@brittrem]

Peter Joseph needs to watch this everyday to get understanding of this simple important message, It even took me several times of watching to get it. One of my favorite videos. The venus project is a humble simple and fun approach for obtaining sustainable life on this planet. This is the true meaning of food for thought. And thank you Roxanne for being the extension of this mans ideas.

[@Neef48]

[ Such divine wisdom ]

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

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[@samezidrovibes]

Innate and we all have access. 🤲🏼❤️

[@jayslocum7800]

I wish i could follow this guy around all day and learn how to be this awesome and transform the world around me into a place worth living

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

***** i think you're good that way! i've been around him most days of the last 5 yrs except when they've traveled out of town. Tho' he's 98, i honestly say that there's nobody who tries harder to do their gig than he does. He's absorbed by the mission he's on and his drive to carry out what he can is both enlightening and heartbreaking; because we see what we're up against as well. he said at a session the other day "if i kick the bucket tomorrow I'll have no regrets, because i know i've done all that i can do"...and he's right! (whatever "right" means, ha.) do what you can to meet him in person while he's still with us...

[@dormetheus]

Is he hiring for disciples? Lol

[@SDMiitochondrion]

Probably one of the most insightful and intelligent men I have ever listened to.

[@AllithiaReid]

The distance between our expectations or assumptions about the way we think things "ought" to be and the way they are is what causes depression... true... and then our ability or inability to effect change compounds it. So alleviating depression requires a perceptual shift. Seeing things as how they could be, as opposed to how they "ought" to be. And then supporting those possibilities through choices that offer us a sense of power or "self." Thank you, Jacque. For all you do.

[@greenwatermelon]

wow..I wish everyday who's suffering from depression get a chance to see this. and the cue is to 'give them something to do, to work towards a direction, and to learn new things'..I'll remember this.

[@mangoMango-ck3et]

this man,puts it across ,so simply...now I really understand my depression..thank you very much.

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

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[@caseymae7719]

I've been thinking to myself for a long time, on how I would like to change the world. I told others about this & was told that You cannot change the world, its always going to be a bad world. I got depressed I got quiet I got skinny I got scared. I started learning about the bad things in the world, & told myself I can't do anything but sit back & watch because my efforts would be wasted. I might not change the world, but I can change myself, and inform others on what I thinks right. Peace In.

[@TiasAhlgreN]

Jacque is definitely one of the I would say about twenty people that have influenced me the most so far in my life. I'm ridiculously grateful that we all got to experience the words of wisdom, from this utmost remarkable man. :) Jacque has a unparalleled ability to objectively look at the world in ways that I think very few people have the tools to do. Thanks for all your hard work, Jacque and Roxanne. And thanks for uploading these incredibly enlightening discussions, interviews and lectures.

[@Sumalia]

I just hope this genius and great human being continues to live among us for the years to come.He is one of the few people of this era that can help humanity work towards revolution like the world has never seen before.Sadly to say I have given up on humanity as a whole but there are some people,characters that are intelligent human beings...but it is hard. Long Live Jacque Fresco.Bow to the ground. BTW Isn't amazing how blind and asleep the world is?

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

Nothing is self activating. That extends into human action. But complexities of our background obfuscates this. We rarely recall where we picked up our set, attitudes, and reactions and so it really does look like we're "free to choose" as "individuals". It's a difficult subject and prone to argument. There's a talk on this channel: Jacque Fresco-Free Will-Nov.2, 2010

[@Evoral]

The things he is talking about in this video, makes more sense than all the stuff I've read and heard during all these years. I would have been thankful if I heard this knowledge from my therapist, and actually got some help for a change... Only during the end of the last year I realized some of these things myself, thought in a much smaller scale. It's really amazing how clearly he can see all things, it's really like he was some kind of an visionaire.

[@ssunheart]

So brilliant in explanation about depression as the negated side of self image and perceived self esteem, and self validation ; all aspects relating to self/other beliefs, self/other emotions. The sociial values about" self' & "other" internally directed.

[@ThisIsSomethinElse]

I'm so thankful to my uncle that he introduced me to this guy's ideas when I was a kid.

[@DahSlayah]

Epic .... we need more of Jacques Fresco in this world...

[@RyanStokes3]

I was just diagnosed with depression. I didn't accept their idea to put me on anti-depressants though, I knew there was another answer. I knew that the answer lies on what causes that cycle to begin. Jacque brought more light. thank you! btw I really want to visit and go on the tour!

[@AgassiUKR]

Very vice man. Innocent and vice. That are the qualities we must develop in ourselves - being vice and innocent makes us mature. I send Jacque my love and respect. He is one of the seldom people in this world who are not thinking about themselvem egoistically but about the future of mother Earth.

[@filip9717]

Look guys, I just wanna point out before you watch the video - Jacque is more talking about "values-related depression" than biochemical depression. So before somebody starts about genetics, you should first know that he talk about depression when you are biochemically stable, meaning your neurotransmitters are intact, levels of monoamines and serotonin are normal and you don't suffer from terminal or very unpleasant illness. That would save a lot of heart ache. Yes, SSRIs and other antidepressants work - by altering your messed up brain chemistry.... but psychiatrist or psychologist don't necessarily deal with what to do when you're not depressed anymore (biochemically)...they don't always give you the right method (nor does a priest)... that's what Jacque is trying to tell (at least that's how I understood). Any reply?

[@KoDaring]

Filip Valábik sounds right

[@arthurhandy6545]

Thank for pointing this out! Too often when depression is being discussed, there's no clarification on how the depression is based. Being depressed because of a biochemical imbalance is much different from being depressed because of having a bad day.

[@je6874]

I think you misunderstand what the biochemical model of depression is. It doesn’t describe an established cause of depression - it may be a consequence of depression. Whereas, what Jacque is describing in this video is how people can end up in depressive states by virtue of their mindset or behaviour… this is the role of the psychologist (a good one) to establish. Once found, their client can work on this. Medication mostly treats the cause of symptoms (the imbalance) but the root cause of symptoms is, in most cases, established in psychology. Medication has to be paired with psychology input. Medication has *limited* efficiency on its own. I hope that makes sense.

[@moneysuccesslegacy]

This has really helped me in my life. I have the answer to depression!! I am no longer depressed because now!! I know how to fight it. Get this guy to answer more of life's questions, PLease.

[@michaelandgod4573]

It is so true we don't know what the future can bring. We all need to do our jobs now and promote these types of things. We need to spread this throughout the internet and make the world change, type it everywhere on the internet facebook, twitter, blogs etc. make the world change and do your part. We all need to stand together.

[@StreetSweep]

This man was about 95 years old here in 2011. Very well aged and sharp too, wow

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

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[@twinboost]

Jacque fresco , you have an outstanding mind ,, can we start now? I have invented machines ,but have always been to afraid to put them out there, as I know what happens in todays control system,, that is depressing to me, but not the creative process , through action on said creativity(art , science, inventions) brings me out of this state...

[@anything12321]

awful pictures. :s

[@twinboost]

anything12321 ?

[@illmatc]

so clear, rational and so calm... He is enlightened

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@Evoral thanks for comment, will pass along to jacque

[@dkarstensen333]

Fresco is one of the smartest guys in the world. If we followed his lead, the world would be a much better place!

[@juliozoar2369]

Thank you Mr.Fresco. I wish I could have met you.

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

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[@sashaperezallen]

i have depression for about year and insomnia,a lot of Jacque's videos makes sense but it's difficult get forward ...........THANK YOU JACQUE ,i will try

[@tomasalenskas33]

Great Jacque Fresco! We must all of us have to continue what his started with VENUS PROJECT!

[@AgassiUKR]

I recommend practicing sahaja yoga for all of those who feel depressed. It hepled me to enjoy the life fully.

[@eliskakit3589]

How do you get a self-image? By learning new things, by learning things that take you out of the old value system ♥️

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

Sorry, I am unsure if you are asking a question or if your comment was rhetoric? 🤔🤷🏽‍♂️ (Peter tvp volunteer)

[@eliskakit3589]

@@TheVenusProjectGlobal it was rhetoric 🙂 just wanted to highlight the meaningful final words from the video that I hold in high regard ♥️

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@Elis Kakit thanks for clarifying 🙂 (Peter tvp volunteer)

[@Anlonn]

or you can learn that self image is a mental construct that you invested years of energy in it and that is why you defend it.

[@cinereus3601]

@@Anlonn yep

[@CntthnkO15]

You are talking about depression, I understand what it is and what it feels like. It is nothing but chemical reactions, seriously, if you wanted, you can control it. The day I learned this, it was gone. Do most people really have no control over emotions, sucks for them. The best part is, if you do have control over it, you can make the good emotions last longer.

[@God_is_Justice]

My girlfriend and I are planning to visit Fresco soon. We are from SF Bay area. Please stay well I really am eagered to meet you. I wish he was my DAD!

[@God_is_Justice]

no thanks, I'll pass...

[@God_is_Justice]

***** please do, thank you...

[@MsNarkan]

Hi man! Did u visit him?

[@sherzodmax]

Mountain Lion I'm also from Bay Area. Good to know there are people here that explore the Venus Project. I should visit Fresco as well.

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@logiccro i think the linguistic team is working on that, i don't know when will be up

[@druidwolf11]

For 95 this guy looks like he is 70, I am glad to see Jacque still alive and as coherent as he ever was.

[@shady2oo7]

@thevenusprojectmedia I understood the difference, he said Low and No self image. The difference between the two are this. No-Self Image (Mostly feeling confused) - "I don't know who I am anymore. I'm feeling lost. I'm feeling helpless." Low-Self Image (More Defined Negative Self-Image) - "I'm ugly, I'm worthless, I'm a failure, I fuck everything up" I think it's possible to have a mixture of the two as well. I think most people refer to the No-Self Image as an Identity Crisis or something.

[@tigruana]

Mindblown, i cant quit smoking because smoking is my identitiy and i feel empty without it... that makes so much sense speaking of addictions.

[@TheVenusProjectInfo]

My friends havent been able to quit smoking weed or drinking or smoking cigarettes etc because they have nothing else. I was able to quite everything cold turkey and not become depressed because I have HEAPS of other things im interested in. I play 6 instruments and I am interested in technology and basically all the topics Jacque covers haha you need to replace the addiction with someone of value, no matter what it is :)

[@MrMarioSupermario]

Max DC Yes my friend any bad habits you have to replace with something else. I'm glad to see more and more people quit smoking.

[@LoveEmbodiment]

He is lovely person

[@SpaydtheOmega]

It's attachment, whether it's to a object or a feeling or something else.

[@Powerslide0]

oh yeah, this guy gets it

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@Herbarius i think what's meant there is "low" self image.

[@zizbird]

Jimbobasaur, making a crisp distinction between physical and mental things for stuff like depression IS part of the archaic way. Been a long history of trying to define depression into a corner where there's a simple, common-sense solution, and then when a person who's got it bad (with, say, 80% biochemistry and 20% behavior/self-image) doesn't handle things, they're looked at as the perpetrators more than as the victims and things get cavalier and dismissive. Similar dynamic with many things.

[@Tetrahedragon2]

Of course! but never ever expect your procedure to succeed, it will fail almost always, but anything is always worth trying in this capacity. Just remember, everyone is different and success is never guarunteed.

[@nevasnitch]

Fresco you are the man, We need all of your material to be spread like the a virus,so we can infect everyone with these ideas, Saludos desde Mexico

[@thanoscube8573]

Thanks sir, I'd like to be a college student who does well and i'd even like to be a college professor like you, but that second thing I know is a faraway dream that takes many new things to learn and overcome. God bless

[@flawns]

This whole self image just describe the depression that is found in my CULTURE... mind blown

[@rodayi8297]

What a wise man.

[@hybrid212]

Hi admin. Please let Jacque know that his lectures and session I've seen help me overcome my depression caused mainly by my opiod addiction. Instead of taking a pill I listen to him and get tremendously boosted. Please just tell him this. Filip from Slovakia

[@ZagorTeNay80]

@teewilson333 If you overcame all the rest, I'm sure you can overcome the anxiety as well. I hope you get there. Ever since I got Jacque's full DVD lecture set it has never left my dvd player....he provides thought food for SOOOO many topics. Thanx Jacque

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@127miles if you want to look into the methodology how you achieve those things-look into the Venus Project.

[@CntthnkO15]

To try to help others with my technique, because I did actually help one other person that I knew was suffering from this.

[@myopietaz1260]

I'd like to see his dream, the venus project, come to life.

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

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[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@@JC-zc1wr reading is vital www.thevenusproject.com/faqs/ (Peter Tvp Volunteer)

[@Jester_Spice]

Saying, something is bad without defining what appears to be the problem suggests that you really have nothing decent to say and just be the nay sayer for low vibe ego purpose..🤷🏻‍♀️

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@@JC-zc1wr Are you familiar with Jacque's lectures on the science of communication? (Peter Tvp Volunteer)

[@srglepore]

I love all that I know about Jaques Fresco and his Venus Project. But I feel powerless to do much for it. I can't even make ends meet, let alone contribute to his vision.

[@Shifty4L]

I've learned a lot from Jacque ! and not just form this video. Thank you :)

[@hcpiano]

it is so good to hear those thoughts come in to words one can grashp

[@AlfonsoGer1]

Hay cosas que tienen remedio y debemos actuar para componerlas, otras no dependen de nuestras acciones y debemos aceptarlas. Tener sabiduría para actuar o resignarnos, es importante, sobre todo cuando muere un ser querido y hay otros que debemos cuidar con amor y esperanza. Ayudar y orientar a grupos que lo requieren, nos da satisfacciones y motivos para organizar y organizarnos. Todo eso reduce la depresión y nos llena de buenas experiencias para vivir y convivir de mejor manera. Feliz 2013.

[@heatherfrances3678]

I loved that so easy to understand, wow sir you are awesome

[@SayNeverToIgnorance]

I can agree to this. Given the social environment that teenagers are put into, where hierarchies are formed (as it is "human nature" - I use this term loosely as it is relative -) they are bound to question themselves and compare/contrast themselves with their peers. Naturally, we learn from our environment; therefore, we learn from these social hierarchies to "find our place" among separate cliques. So, when a teenager is rejected after trying to "fit in", depression will probably occur.

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

@Failyx indeed, and it has that hyped, overly dramatic tone throughout, but the information is interesting.

[@adamforrest608]

learn't so much from jacque, would love to meet him one day soon i hope

[@Raptormau]

This guy is my role model. I'll try to be as brilliant as he is. But it's okay if I don't succeed, the journey towards there will be great.

[@connordrose452]

going to send these videos to my psychology teacher.

[@RainboomLune]

I'm depressed because I hate humanity, for all the horrible things it has done and is currently doing, and just how deeply screwed up everything really is when you examine it closely. Everywhere I look, I just see lies and corruption. The thought of that a resource-based economy could very well become reality in the future is one of the few things keeping me together.

[@TheUArabej]

Do you hear what he is saying? His mind is crystal clear. You can follow every turn of the argument. I know people in their 40-s who can barely formulate straightforward thought in less than a minute, this guy is older than America's democracy and in 15 minutes he nailed an important subject, proposed decent solution and still tell bunch of educating stories on other subjects. Damn he's underrated in this society. And forget about Venus Project itself, at least the dude who is talking for like a hundred years on the same subject, about things he understood and learned during his life, all the way from debating a Klan guy on moral issues to designing its own city and offering his experience for us to build a butter place to live, is worth some attention...

[@NiclasTimle89]

I needed this Fresco

[@lonbluster]

I would explain Jacque's lack of self-image as a lack of perception of our own self, the one providing our learning capacities, our "speaking-thinking being". This self is also considered our spirit, and don't need identification in order to be. It identifies with everything, yet is free and independent of our earthly condition, but super-conscious.Losing sight of this being means losing sight of our free capabilities, our free attention and energies. G.Kuhlewind thought concentration !!!

[@LaoTze151]

Reading this that you wrote makes me smile.

[@tsjasmine28]

I very much like Jacque, but i have to disagree with the assumption that you cannot come up with answers by looking within yourself. In fact all the answers about yourself are contained within. Going within is the the road to enlightenment, it makes you very wise and empathic.

[@shadowbennett2259]

Jasmine blake Strength to act and do something about your life comes from within us, but without the information about WHAT to do (by observing the physical world and learning from information you collect) strength to act is meaningless because you have no direction. I don't think he means to say inner self is not important, but rather that all answers to problems including depression come from truth about the physical world and reality, not ideologies and rhetoric we have been raised by in our society. :) That's my interpretation anyways.

[@TheVenusProjectInfo]

Jasmine blake If you know an answer to something without doing research that answer was still put into you by environment. an Eskimo that has never been exposed to the modern world cannot look within himself to build a computer. Please watch some of his videos on human behavior, you will learn that what you call "you" is a product of environment. Also you can only combine things that you have been exposed to not create new things in your mind. and even the ability to combine things you are exposed to is something you are exposed to and can improve on.

[@cleverdick9111]

what a great man and great mind,

[@BarracudaBastard]

@Herbarius I think "no self image" would be the case if you rely on another person entirely - if you put identification into the other person to a degree of maybe 60% or more (if you could quantify that kind of thing), so that when this person is gone, the remaining self image has insufficient integrity left to cling to.

[@Jimbobasaur]

They have got it 100% right. Music to my ears

[@saosintheyperch]

He speaks complete truth. Some of the most depressed-prone people I find out there are activists. As they are identified with the cause, have expectations and therefore lack a sense of real self. This is why they get aggressive when people don't agree with them!!

[@WOcoFunnies]

Amazing as always...

[@rdna8102]

Thank you Jacque Fresco ❤️

[@TheVenusProjectGlobal]

Jacque has been immersed in researching behavior (both animal and people) most of his life. He never found any compelling evidence to indicate that genes have any significant influence on behavior. But this unpopular view doesn't reinforce mechanisms of the price system. So we have to check out the much reviled and 'debunked' science of behaviorism and 'mechanistic conceptions of life'. See our booklist under the download section.

[@UnluckyGambler]

@opethgarzaMD i agree that changing the way we think is a big part of getting better from mental illnesses, thats what psychiatrists do. certain patients may benefit from or require medication. but most people cant just think their way out of their illness. one of the biggest points jacque made was that nearly all of these mental illnesses are a result of our sick environment. "it is no measure of health to being well adjusted to a sick society." ergo, the need for drugs, in the current system.