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TVPEATING THEWORLD AND

OURSELVES

no. 18

PART HUMAN,

PART MACHINE:

REPLACEMENTS

TVP MAGAZINE

NEEDS YOUR HELP!

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EATING THE

WORLD AND

OURSELVES by Tio

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But what do we eat?

http://tiotrom.com/

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I, for instance, eat all sorts of things: sea creatures, land creatures (it sounds

like I’m a monster, but most of us do this), stuff of many colors that grow outof the ground, and other stuff that I don't know where it comes from or whatit’s made of, like sweets. But you also get ‘good’ and ‘necessary’ stuff fromliquids. So: chocolate, steak, juice, bananas, soup, cheese, and so on, are all ‘stuff’that we chew, lick, drink, dissolve, and then swallow. This mix then movesto our stomachs, where the chain of ‘magic’ reactions starts providing uswith renewed matter (tissue) and energy, although Einstein showed us

that both are the same. ;) These ‘things’ that we eat can be categorized by their specific propertiesand that gives rise to specific production technologies. For instance, if youeat colored stuff typically from the ground (vegetables or fruits), youmainly only need fertile ‘ground’ and the ‘seeds’ for the stuff you want togrow, plus taking care of these ‘things’ (soil, water, sunlight, etc.). If youwant to eat creatures, then you need to grow the creatures (on land or in

water), which takes a lot more time.

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You also need to feed them great quantities of food, keep them healthy, deal

with the waste they produce, and so on. When it comes to mass producingany these ‘things’, one of these major food categories requires a hugeamount of resources and energy, and that, coupled with today’s money-based-profit world, seems to have a major backlash on us, our lives and theenvironment. I am talking about the creatures that we eat; mainly cattle, pigsand chickens. We call them livestock. Most people in the world eat the skin, flesh, and some other parts of thesecreatures, plus some of the ‘things’ they produce, such as eggs or milk. These

‘parts’ can be found on most of our plates on a daily basis. I will try to exemplify the huge amount of resources that consuming thesecreatures requires; how the monetary motive behind this world-wideconsumption pushes many side effects such as major contributions toclimate change, deforestation and land use; and how consuming thesecreatures may have negative impacts on our health - all of that in a situationin which there are plenty of more efficient alternatives, both in how we

produce the creatures (or the ‘parts’ of them that we consume), and in how wecould simply replace them with other food sources.

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I come from a tribe (country) where slaughtering a pig forChristmas and eating parts of it, even ‘on the spot’, issomething of a national tradition, a pleasant time, full of joyand relaxation. It may be difficult for many people who didnot grow up within this kind of lifestyle to understand howcutting a pig’s throat, letting it bleed to death, and then

‘cooking’ it right away and eating it (many times the elderswould cut the skin from the freshly dead pig and give it tochildren and we’d eat it with salt and it was very good) isregarded as a good Christmas day for some.

The scream of a slaughtered pig means terror for some andfood for others. This shows that human behavior is createdby each person’s environment, and where one may see disgust

and fear, another may see delicious food and good times.

WHY EATCREATURES?

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The option of eating meat is not only acultural preference, but is also a choiceinfluenced by money, since one may notbe able to afford to acquire his/her ownfood requirements without meatconsumption. On the other hand, muchof it is also due to lack of knowledge.Many may not be aware that one can livevery well without eating meat or otheranimal products, or all of the optionsthat exist out there.

Therefore, most of us eat meat andother animal products because of culture and tradition (habit), andbecause, even if we don’t want to,maybe we cannot afford to seek outother alternatives, whether thereasons are financial or otherwise(land use, for example).

Due to ignorance (lack of knowledge ormotivation), many don’t bother toquestion what they eat, while some mayeven wonder what is so damn specialabout this decision. But once you takeinto account all of the events that aretriggered by mass creature-

consumption around the world (as wewill show you), maybe you willunderstand why such questions are veryimportant. Creatures are complicated ‘entities’ thatrequire a lot of care, land use, andprotection against diseases to raise,slaughter, package, transport, store, andeat them.

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LAND USE ANDDEFORESTATION

In order to grow enough creatures to satisfycurrent demand, which is a direct result of theconsumer-based monetary world that we livein, we need lots and lots of space, becausecreatures eat, poop, fart (you will be surprisedhow important that is), and need some spaceto move, and breath. Even more to the point,you also need space to grow all of the food

needed by the ‘beasts’.

THE MAIN CREATURES THAT HUMANS EATARE CHICKENS, CATTLE AND PIGS.

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C

19 BILLIONCHICKENS

1.4 BILLIONCATTLE

1 BILLIONPIGS

They are being grownspecifically for human

consumption.(source)

http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fblogs%2Fdailychart%2F2011%2F07%2Fglobal-livestock-counts&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFELxtXJpDYbCaCBO5YLdOuNzErxA

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GLOBALDISTRIBUTIONS

OF CATTLE

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0096084#pone-0096084-g002

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GLOBALDISTRIBUTIONS

OF PIGS


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GLOBALDISTRIBUTIONS

OF CHICKENS


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GREEN - CROPS GROWN FOR FOOD

PURPLE - CROPS GROWN FOR ANIMAL FEED AND FUEL

Although livestock producers have tried to squeeze more and more of thesecreatures into more and more tiny spaces, triggering mass outrage among

many people who say that treating other beings this way is inhumane, theoverall land requirements is still huge.

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So huge that most of all of the land used for agriculture is reserved forraising and feeding these creatures.

To help you visualize more clearly just how much land that is, the raising of livestock currently ‘claims’ 30% of all of the available land on Earth, whichincludes about 33% of the planet’s arable land devoted to growing food forthese animals (domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting toproduce commodities such as food, fiber and labor).(source) Remember thatthe surface of the planet is full of mountains, hills, deserts, forests, and otherland that is not suitable for raising livestock or their food. Considering that,the space that livestock ‘consumes’ adds up to quite a lot of land.

http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fao.org%2Fnewsroom%2Fen%2FNews%2F2006%2F1000448%2Findex.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFLvnk_H6MKeUdfW58LSsxuY2kLCw

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SPEAKING OFFORESTS, 70% OF

PREVIOUSLYFORESTED AREA IN

THE AMAZON BASINIS NOW OCCUPIED BYPASTURES, AND THE

REMAINDER USED

FOR FEED CROPS.(SOURCE)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture

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IT IS ESTIMATEDTHAT IN 20 YEARS

THE TOTALAMAZON FOREST

WILL BE REDUCEDBY 40%

This is a distortion-adjusted map of the planet and allof the countries that reside on it

To put this in perspective,from 1991 to 2000, an

area of about the entiresize of Spain was

deforested. Imagine Spain

viewed from space, allgreen and full of trees(and other plants and

animals), and in just 10short years, all of that

gone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lR7s1Y6Zighttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_of_the_Amazon_rainforest

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T his mont h’ s T V P Mag az iner elease inc ludes a spec ial‘c ollec t ion’ edit ion f oc using on E ar t h, w hic h not only hig hlig ht s how c onnec t ed w ear e w it h t he env ir onment ( in asc ient if ic w ay ), and how t r eesaf f ec t t he at mospher e, t heat mospher e af f ec t s people,and how all c r eat ur es andplant

s ar e int er c onnec t ed,but w e also show how c r eat ur es and plac es of f er usnot only inspir at ion f or dev eloping sc ienc e andt ec hnolog ies, but alsopr ot ec t ion f or pr eser v ing t hedelic at e balanc e t hat w e alldepend upon.

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https://www.joomag.com/magazine/tvp-magazine-clone-earth-our-home/0373566001426946464

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Forests are responsible for 28% of all of Earth’soxygen content and are also considered one of the world’s largest storage banks for all of the carbonemitted into the atmosphere through natural

processes and human activities.

As you cut down forests, you are not only reducing theoxygen production and the capacity for CO2absorption, but also releasing their stored CO2. Treesalso absorb water from the soil and release it back intothe atmosphere, so less trees means a drieratmosphere, which then means that we are causing

conditions that are not favorable to the growth of rainforests around the world, or the massivebiodiversity within them.

http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fearthobservatory.nasa.gov%2FFeatures%2FForestCarbon%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHcW5lF4U7knpdWpLOcITFAmsugHAhttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fearthobservatory.nasa.gov%2FFeatures%2FForestCarbon%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHcW5lF4U7knpdWpLOcITFAmsugHAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest

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When you cut down forests, you kill many creatures orendanger their survival. And the extinction of one

species always causes a chain reaction by theendangering of another one, highlighting yet anotherdestabilization of the global ‘natural’ system.

MORE THAN THAT, CONSIDER ALL THATLIVES IN FORESTS - BILLIONS OF

SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS (80% OF THE WORLDS BIOMASS)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foresthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest

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Imagine a cute fluffy-white-sparkly-shinyball of cells that is a creature. It makes sounds,

emits heat, and moves. That is a species: aunique set of characteristics that ananimal/insect/plant exhibits.

There are thousands of such uniquecreatures (with legs and hands, eyes and

spines, interesting biology and fascinatingmorphology) that are lost every single year due to deforestation.

For a more detailed list of the effects of deforestation, visit our friend Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foresthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation

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WASTE,

INEFFICIENCYAND CLIMATE

CHANGETo raise and manage creatures for food production requires a lot of fresh water and food, both of which can be considered as waste if weagree that there are better methods of creating and distributingfood. You need fresh water for both the creature’s food and thecreature itself, but also for dairy operations, other on-farm needs,plus the fresh water used in the production/management of thefood that we make from these creatures: milk, meat, eggs, etc.(source)

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/wulv.htmlhttp://water.usgs.gov/edu/wulv.html

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For those who choose to consume it,think about the bacon on your plate.

To get to you, it first needs to be aliving pig that is fed, occupies land,consumes water and food, and evenemits gases (farts, poop); Methane tobe more precise, which is a verypowerful greenhouse gas.

Combine several farts per day, per animal, over billions of pigs, cattle, sheep or

other animals that exist solely for human consumption (most of them would notexist otherwise), and that sure makes for one hell of a fart. Actually, this level of gas emission is taken very seriously, as it equates to 2.5% of all human-madegreenhouse gasses emitted by the US tribe alone.

Also, do not forget that the food the pig eats is also taking space and consumingwater. Plus the raising of the feed crops, the transportation of this food to thepig, the pig to slaughter, it’s packaging and transportation of the meat to other

places, the preparation of meat, and in the end, the transformed meat beingtransported to supermarkets. That is finally capped of with your drive to themarket, the refrigeration units that keep it ‘safe to eat’ before you buy it, the tripback home, and then your own refrigeration until you’re ready to cook and eat it. Thus, it takes all of that (and more, of course) just to create some ‘bacon’on your plate, and this is just one of the many products that aremade out of such creatures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteric_fermentationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global-warming_potential

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THIS MAP OF SHIPPING ROUTES ILLUSTRATES THERELATIVE DENSITY OF COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IN THEWORLD'S OCEANS.

There are so many tribes in the world that, in order to provide somuch ‘food made of creatures’ to all of the tribals, the tribes engage

in a ‘dance’ of exchanges and mutual advantages.

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One tribe may have the land to raise the food for the creatures,while another tribe has the means to raise the creatures and hasto import the food for them, and yet another one has no suchmeans and needs to import the food eventually made out of these creatures.(source) This ‘dance’ of exchange around the world consumes a lot of

energy and produces a lot of additional greenhouse gasses.

https://woods.stanford.edu/environmental-venture-projects/consequences-increased-global-meat-consumption-global-environment

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GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE,INCLUDING CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION,FORESTRY AND ASSOCIATED LAND-USE CHANGES, ARERESPONSIBLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HUMAN-

INDUCED EMISSIONS.

ABOUT20-24%

GLOBALLY

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4175e.pdf

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It is estimated that agriculturalproduction will have to increaseanother 60 percent by 2050 tosatisfy the expected demandsfor food and livestock feed, if

current trends continue.

This is projected to lead to a 30percent increase in greenhouse

gas emissions just from theanimal agricultural sector

alone.(source)

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4175e.pdf

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THE CREATURES THAT WE RELY UPON THE MOST FOR PRODUCINGFOOD ARE ALSO QUITE INEFFICIENT AS FOODS.

TO PRODUCE 1KG (2.2 POUNDS) OF MEAT REQUIRES:

BEEF

13620 LITRES OF WATER(3598 GALLONS)

10 KG OF FOOD(22 POUNDS)

PORK 5 KG OF FOOD(11 POUNDS)


CHICKEN2.5 KG OF FOOD

(5.5 POUNDS)


BUGS1.7 KG OF FOOD

(3.7 POUNDS)

13 LITRES OF WATER(3.4 GALLONS)

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THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ANIMALTHAT IS EDIBLE:

BEEF 40%PORK 55%

CHICKEN 55%

BUGS 80%

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CORN


THE AMOUNT OF WATER OTHER FOODS NEED TOPRODUCE 1KG (2.2 POUNDS) OF FOOD:

POTATOES


CHOCOLATE


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RICE



APPLE JUICE

(1 litre - 0.26 gallons)


CHEESE

BREAD


(source 1, 2, 3)

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HEALTH

CONCERNSAlthough health concerns seem to bethe main reason why many avoid eatingcreatures, the science is not at all exactwhen it comes to causality. First of all,creatures come in all shapes and formsand often have multiple parts thatpeople eat, and those parts can havevarying impacts on one’s health.

It also depends on the individual'sgenetic makeup and lifestyle: smoking,exercise, what other things one eats andin what quantities and frequency, etc..

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To give you an example how hard it is to even relateall of this, let alone to find specific causality, take alook at some big studies focusing on just one edible

‘part’ of creatures: red meat.

12 YEARS500,000 PEOPLE

For 12 years, half a million people between the ages of 35 and 69 werepart of a study looking at the effects of red or processed meat on health.The subjects were carefully tested for various diseases and risks, whiletheir lifestyles were placed ‘under the microscope’ for tracking habitssuch as smoking and physical exercise.

Over the course of the study, over 25 thousand deaths were observed,while they concluded that around 3.3% of those deaths could havebeen prevented if red meat consumption were lower among thoseparticipants. Also, a strong correlation was identified betweenprocessed meat consumption and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and‘other causes of death’. Their conclusion: “The results of our analysis support a moderate

positive association between processed meat consumption andmortality, in particular due to cardiovascular diseases, but also tocancer.” You can read the entire study here.

1

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-11-63.pdf

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LAB RATS ANDRED MEAT

Red meat (a type of flesh) appears red because it contains a substancecalled ‘haem’. Since separate studies had shown that other types of meat (poultry or fish-based ‘white meat’) do not show any significantcorrelation between consumption and health issues, they isolated this‘haem’ as ‘the suspect’, and added it to the food of several hundred labrats.

They observed that the rats who ate food with ‘haem’ had an increase inpromotion of tumor growth, similar to if they had been fed beef steak.Full study here. But, of course, it’s not at all that simple. There are some studies suggesting that eating a small amount of meat is healthier than not eatingany meat at all, while other studies suggest the opposite.

To help exemplify this, over 17 thousand people took part in a similarexperiment from 1986 to 2010, testing the effects of many types of meat on human health. Throughout the course of the study, 3683 deathsoccurred, but none of them were linked to the consumption of any kindof meat.(source)

2

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23486512http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_meat#Human_healthhttp://videoneat.com/documentaries/3718/eat-meathttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2931773/

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A collective summary of twenty relevant studies conducted with 1,218,380individuals from 10 countries across four continents (North America, Europe,Australia, and Asia) found that only ‘processed’ meat (meat preserved bysmoking, curing or salting, or those with the addition of chemical preservatives,such as bacon, salami, sausages, hot dogs or processed deli or luncheon meats)seems to have a negative effect on human health. These results were notobserved for unprocessed meat from beef, lamb or pork, excluding poultry. Thestudy suggests that the "differences in salt and preservatives, rather than fats,might explain the higher risk of heart disease and diabetes seen with processedmeats, but not with unprocessed red meats." The entire study can be read abouthere. It’s obviously a very complicated matter, however, most doctors and studiesagree on one thing: consuming large quantities of red or processed meat is not

good for your health. From some types of cancer to cardiovascular diseases,diabetes, or obesity, this type of food consumed in large quantities seems to beheavily related to such big health issues.(source) These issues are huge when you consider the fact that most tribes in the worldconsume large quantities of this type of food. In the US tribe, for instance,people consume 2-3 times more meats than what is recommended.

Therefore, a good chunk of the creatures that people currently eat aroundthe world are not a healthy choice, at least in the way that they are typicallyconsumed today.

1,218,380 INDIVIDUALSACROSS 4 CONTINENTS

http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/goodfood/pages/red-meat.aspxhttp://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/how-much-meat-do-americans-eat-then-and-now-1792/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_meat#Human_healthhttp://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/processed-meats-unprocessed-heart-disease-diabetes/

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In order to keep these creatures healthy forconsumption, they are given various typesof antibiotics, a ‘magic’ thing that kills sometypes of bacteria.

However, since bacteria replicate very

quickly and genetic mutations often occurduring replication, new types of bacteriaemerge that the ‘magic’ of antibioticscannot kill.

Thus, this type of ‘evolved’ bacteriareplicate even more inside of the creaturesand end up in people’s food.

Another very important issue with raising andeating such creatures is bacteria that is

harmful to humans.

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The most obvious way is for these mutant bacteria to be transmitted to usdirectly through the creature’s flesh, the meat that you buy (or order at arestaurant) and eat. If not cooked thoroughly enough, these mutant bacteriafind their way inside you and mess with your health.

They can also become airborne or ‘travel’ underground. As creatures poop andurinate, bacteria from the evaporating ‘waste’ can end up traveling andspreading through the air, or waste can eventually reach into the groundwater,introducing them into the water supply that we use for cooking, drinking,bathing, etc..

Then consider the fact that, because these are ‘mutant’ bacteria, there are notreatments for whatever issues they might cause within us. As a result, new

treatments need to be continuously developed for ever-increasingly resistantbacteria.(source)

THE OVERUSE OF ANTIBIOTICS INLIVESTOCK IS A LONG-EXISTING

ISSUE IN THE WORLD.

MUTANTBACTERIA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtherapeutic_antibiotic_use_in_swine#Resistance_and_the_risk_of_treatment_failure

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Eating creatures has become a very complicated process. From raising them, tokeep them healthy and then ‘transforming’ them or their by-products intofoods: meat, sausages, eggs, milk, and so on. Then there is the continuoustransporting of food grown and prepared specifically for them from one cornerof the world to another, plus transporting them or their eventual ‘parts’ aroundthe world, not to mention the much-less-than-enjoyable lives that most of them lead from birth to slaughter.

It is also deeply concerning that this entire sector occupies so much land,clearing so many forests that results in losing many species of plants andanimals, while also greatly reducing the capacity of the Earth to absorbgreenhouse gases. This approach also emits a lot of new greenhouse gasesinto the atmosphere, contributing to an already damaged global climate. Andas we’ve discussed above, one of the most (if not ‘the’ most) consumed part of these creatures (processed red meat) is alarmingly associated with a plethoraof diseases.

ALTERNATIVES

Taking all of that intoaccount, perhaps humaningenuity can come upwith something muchbetter than all of this

damaging chaos.

It’s now 2015, but we arestill using food productionmethods that are basicallyas old as those used 5,000or more years ago.

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In order to make rubber 100 or so yearsago, used in so manydomains/products, you had to growcertain trees and ‘milk’ them for thissubstance. The process was slow andposed numerous environmental

issues.

Then, they invented synthetic rubber(rubber made in the lab, without theneed of growing trees) and it turnedout to be better for our needs thannatural rubber, and more efficient tocreate. This is the kind of shift that

our food production needs to make.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_rubber

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WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, WHAT WEREALLY NEED IS PRODUCTS, NOT

THE CREATURES THEMSELVES.

We need something that we call ‘nutrients’. Plantsget these nutrients from soil or air, but we need toingest ‘stuff’ that contains these nutrients, so that ourdigestive system can break the ‘stuff’ down and workthe rest of its ‘magic’. These nutrients transform ourbodies, allowing us to grow, and live (energy). From

tissue generation to movement and heat production,these nutrients are our fuel.

To better understand

this process, watch thisvery simple and well-done video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient

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If the only thing that we need are thesenutrients, then why aren’t we ‘producing’ orisolating them and simply ‘inject’ them intoour bodies? Instead of growing creatures or

other ‘things’ from which we can get thesenecessary nutrients, why aren’t weinventing foods that provide all of ournutritional needs?

NUTRIENTS

Couple this way of thinking with the idea of extracting nutrients from more convenientsources such as bugs, vegetables and fruits,and we could come up with something that isfar better than the current food productionapproach.

We talk in detail about these solutions in ourspecial TVP Magazine on Automation andAutonomous World, here. We look closelyat vertical farming, meat grown in the lab ordirect mixtures of substances that can beingested (drink, eat) without the need for

growing any plants or animals to extractthem from.

https://www.joomag.com/magazine/tvp-magazine-special-aa-world/0398344001412361741/p204

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But even if humans develop ideas that are far more sustainable andefficient, that is not enough at all. We must not forget that we livein a world that is still very separated by monetary gain (power) and

tribal patriotism. Entire tribes depend monetarily on meatproduction and thus may not see any incentives to invest in otherfoods/production methods, but they may do whatever they can tonot lose their perceived differential advantage. In today’s world,you cannot just put a stop to such industries, because they are tooembedded in today’s infrastructure, affecting people and theenvironment.

Also, many of the problems with what we eat and the way we eatare directly related to our reliance on money. If companies find aprofit from producing and selling food from creatures, they will dothat with little concern for the environment, because their maindrive is profit. They are also investing large amounts of money inmarketing, thus shaping people’s food choices. Also, as long asmeat is cheaper, then people will buy it. It has been estimated thatglobal meat consumption is expected to double from 2000 to

2050, partly as a consequence of increasing world population, butalso partly because of increased per capita meat consumption.(source) Inventing better methods inside the monetary system will face thesame recurring problems of corruption, profit overhealth/environment, the loss of jobs as new systems of foodproduction require less and less people, etc., and this will trigger itsown chain of negative impacts on the monetary system. Even if

plenty of vertical farms emerge, or other kinds of food productionfacilities with no significant impact on the environment or people’shealth, many people will not be able to afford to buy the food theyproduce. As we have echoed a couple of times in past TVPM articles, there is more than enough food already produced around theworld to feed everyone, yet so many are starving. This is becausethe world-wide monetary system is simply not working.

http://www.joomag.com/magazine/tvp-magazine-issue-no-14/0126479001414681914/p02http://www.joomag.com/magazine/tvp-magazine-issue-no-14/0126479001414681914/p02http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-publications/ess-yearbook/en/#.VMaj-q1Gh5Qhttp://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-publications/ess-yearbook/en/#.VMaj-q1Gh5Q

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Thinking that maybe if people choose other alternatives of foodproduction than those that rely on livestock, and that stopping thepractice of eating animal products will change the world is, I think,

not nearly enough. It’s much more intelligent, civilized andefficient to create a global society in which no one feels a need torely on others to, for instance, turn off the lights to preserve energy,but instead provides a comprehensive system in which lights turnon and off automatically when they detect or no longer detect apresence, utilizing an infrastructure that is based on renewableenergies so that the loss of energy is not that important.

The same goes for eating habits, where I think the solution is tocreate a different kind of society in which no one has any need tomake a buck from selling unhealthy food, or pre-modeling people’sfood choices through advertisements and attempting to influencethe research on their products’ safety by using the power of money.This system would provide all of the relevant information aboutwhat a healthy human diet is, uninfluenced by any ‘powers’ as it isin today’s world; a system in which no one would have any interest

in building such costly and energy/resource inefficient means of food production. I would say never rely on people to change their habits, but insteadinvent better systems and methods that would produce the desiredresult. I can (and probably will) start to not eat creatures anymore,but I don’t think that will have any significant impact on aworldwide food production system that is desperately pushed bybillion dollar investments, a global population where most people

are highly separated from nature by culture which nurturesignorance, and where most of that population is highly influencedin their food choices by these companies (advertising, bad‘science’, etc). However, even if I can’t change the whole world byonly changing my eating habits, it will definitely improve my healthand, thus, this change is worth it.

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In a Venus Project society, not onlywill the focus be on the quality and

variety of food and its distribution toall people without a price tag, but new

methods of producing food willquickly emerge, as they will not belimited by money,

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while the safety of foods will beassured by an environment in whichpeople have no reason to seek anykind of profit-motive shortcuts, as

their main concern will center aroundthe total health of people and theenvironment.

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TVP MAGAZINE

NEEDS YOURHELP!

by Tio

In order to compete, or even exist in today’s world, commercial magazinesuse a paid subscription approach, and then they still insist on plastering

ugly advertisements all over their pages. TVP Magazine obviously cannottake that approach, as it must encourage the widest possible public

distribution in order to help people learn more deeply about and helpspread full global awareness of TVP’s RBE concept in the shortest amount

of time possible. Every contribution helps to keep TVP Magazine goingand growing as it has been. Please donate here if you can help us keep

this important resource alive!

DONATE TO YEARLY FUND DRIVE

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YEARLY DONATION CAMPAIGN

Aside from a few wonderful volunteers who occasionally submit

articles, TVP Magazine is entirely developed, produced and marketedby just 2 people, building and refining each issue for many hoursevery day, and this has become more like a full-time job for both of us.On the other hand, the daily hours we spend working on it is the onlything it has in common with a 'job', because it is such a pleasure towork for TVP Magazine. We love producing it, especially with so manyof you writing in to tell us how it's helping you to better understandthis amazing concept, and how you are using it to help others learn

about The Venus Project. (check out some of the feedback here) The amount of time and energy that it takes to develop and promoteeach issue on a monthly schedule is much more than we couldpossibly manage if we also have to work for some company to ‘earn’ apaycheck in order to survive. Because we live in a monetary systemand would be left with neither the time nor energy to produce such abig and time-consuming project like TVP Magazine, we need your help

to make new issues and highly relevant TVP insights available to therest of the world. Funds raised by this campaign do not go to The Venus Project, but godirectly to those who work full-time creating & producing themagazine to dedicate their focus to it for a full year!

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HOW WE WORKFOR THE MAGAZINE

We believe you need to know in order tobetter evaluate our efforts.

TVP Magazine (TVPM) is not a blog, or just some random thoughts wecome up with and try to write about so that we can have a magazine. Itis far beyond that. What we want to present in TVPM are originalarticles and important enough to be worth the time reading them. First, all of the article topics we approach are intentionally veryextensional to TVP’s direction. For instance, you have likely heardJacque talk a lot about automation and how this is such an importantaspect of the global approach that TVP presents. However, in order tounderstand this broad, but very important aspect, it generally takesmany months, if not years, to get a significant grasp of the capabilitiesof such technologies envisioned within the TVP context.

WRITING

To help the world more quickly make sense of all of this, we spent over 7 months working on a

series of articles, using relatively simplelanguage, describing the advanced state of present-day automation across a wide varietyof fields, and providing plenty of examples,videos, documentaries, and other sources toback up the information.

For those 7 months or so, we shared bits

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were there to read and reply to comments to make sure TVP supportersunderstood the huge concept of automation and how it applies toTVP’s global systems approach, not only from the magazine directly,but on all of our social network resources as well. The amount of work

put into this series of articles was tremendous, but we believe that theresults we achieved were very worth it.

Thus, we tried to demonstrate, in a scientific but easy to understandway, how TVP is already fully feasible from a technological standpoint,while also showing various new ways that automation capable of performing for us within such a society.

We have also approached many aspects of humanbehavior in detail, such as beauty, morality andethics, how people may behave once there is an abundance of goods and services, education (and asecond article), nationalism, obscenity, reason,and so much more. We even dared to ask “what is

behavior” and questioned the validity of psychology.

All of these subjects are analyzed in significantdetail. When I write (I’m not the only writer), I

spend a lot of time researching each topic.

At some point during the writing of the “PartHuman, Part Machine: Replacements” article,I calculated that it takes me around 4 hours towrite a single ‘page’ in google docs, and thenanother hour or more to review what I wroteand try to improve upon it, if necessary.

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For some, it might take a lot less; for others, more. I do not considermyself to be an expert in any field, but I research each subjectuntil I am sure that I can write about correct information from fullyreliable sources. I realized very early in this project that I need to

check every fact multiple times, as even sources such asWikipedia and government sites may be outdated. When I wrote about “The ‘Success’ Of Prisons”, although I hadprevious knowledge about the subject, I still studied 9 or sodocumentaries for that article and took notes in real-time as I waswatching them. I then re-checked the facts again, online, andfollowed that by reading other articles about the subject, before

working to make sense of all that in order to come up with theTVPM article. On the “Morality and Ethics” article, I had to read throughhundreds of old laws written in older language, as well as a lot of additional information about ancient notions, ideas andtraditions, in order to select the most relevant ones for explainingwhat ‘morality and ethics’ looked like in earlier periods of mankind’s history in order to then compare it with today’s morepopular notions. The “Earth” series was also completely different from what youmight read in a more ‘mainstream’ nature magazine, as I tried toshow the Earth, ourselves, and many other creatures and events ina very different light, later connecting all of the parts in ways thatcould help you, our readers, think more deeply about the worldyou live in, how human behavior manifests, and many other

aspects of live and living. For the “Consuming a Year” article, I first had to learn very wellhow the concepts of minutes, seconds and hours evolved, andwhat months and years are from a scientific and historicalperspective, and then explain them in a very simple manner whileanalyzing all of this within the context of societies, the monetarysystem and the overall ‘world of consumerism’. I also discovered

that it’s not very easy to track down who invented the concepts of minutes or seconds. :)

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An article that you can find in this issue, “PartHuman, Part Machine: Replacements”, took me solong to finish up that I spent a little over two weeks

with very little sleep. I had to deeply understandwhat vision is, what each human body organ does,what are the best mechanical alternatives for theindividual organs and why they are better; I then hadto research the mechanical parts I selected forpresentation, scrutinizing various clinical trials tosee if they have been well-tested or not, and so on. Iread, in detail, 10 or more mechanical parts for eachbiological part that I was considering forreplacement, but only selected 1 or 2 in order toshowcase the best ones that exist right now. I spend a lot of time crafting every article I write,trying to provide as much relevant information andconnection with TVP as I can, while also making it aseasy to understand as possible. For me, because Ihandle everything for this magazine except editing

and proofreading the articles (which may soundeasy, but Ray does a huge amount of work on thatand on reviewing every article), the magazine hasbecome a complete part of my life, so much so that Ithink about articles when I am in bed, dreaming, andother unrelated things. :) The amount of writing and researching that TVPM

demands sometimes causes significant problemswith my back (Ray, too), but we really enjoy whatwe’re accomplishing here for the world community. Iwant to know much, much more about the world andto be able to explain it in a clear, connected way forpeople who don’t have the time to conduct their ownintensive research, especially through TVP, whichaims to holistically evolve the world we live in to a

completely different place: smart, sustainable,scientific.

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Other very important aspects of writing for the magazineI try to include the following within each and every article:

an overall perspective of the subject, applied globally and temporally. For example: when writing about ‘morality’, weneeded to show how this notion is regarded within amultitude of cultures, across different points in time, andthen we compared that compendium with how the subjecthas evolved to the present day.

provide several concrete examples.

I can tell you how inefficient prisons are, but I believe itmakes it much more understandable when we can also showyou several examples of how prisons destroy people’s lives,and how grossly inefficient it is for rehabilitating (makingsaner) people.

provide analogies to help put the subject in perspective.

Not many will understand that we throw away 12.4 milliontons of clothing every year, as explained in the “Property of Waste” article, but if I can show you that we throw away, inweight, as much as the world populations of blue whales andafrican elephants combined, 3 times over, every single year,then you should be able to gain a much strongerunderstanding of the severity of this extremely wasteful areaof our current global impact.

provide alternative solutions.What would be the point of helping our readers becomemuch more aware and knowledgeable of our currentproblems, if we do not also present alternative solutions tothem? We believe very strongly that TVPM provides theworld with a significantly ‘positive’ magazine, where you willfind, forward-thinking, viable and sustainable solutions tothe many, many problems we currently face.

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Regardless of author, every article is reviewed in 3 primary stages.

REVIEWING

First, I review it to ensure that it includesproper sources linked to any/all factualclaims. It sometimes takes months for anarticle to complete this review stage, as an

author and I often need to go back and forthwith long, detailed conversations in order tofully document all that the article ispresenting. I have to watch manydocumentaries, lectures, videos and readmany documents to be able to fully review it.

TIO1

J&R

2Second, the article is sharedwith Jacque & Roxanne tomake sure the topic andcontext is well-connectedwith, and relevant to TVP.

RAY

3And third, after the still quite‘raw’ article is sent forediting/proofreading, Ray is alsoreviewing the sources to improve

the article’s references andcitations where needed.

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Ray is responsible for a very important part of the magazine, as he isthe one who focuses on ‘sculpting’ the articles to bring them in linewith ‘proper’ English (very few articles are submitted by native Englishspeakers), restructuring many sentences, paragraphs and articlesections to make them easier for people to read, understand and,

perhaps most important, remember, while attempting to present all of the information in a more scientific way.

One example is that he makes sure that all sentences within aparagraph have two spaces between them for readability, because thefont that we use for TVP Magazine includes a narrow ‘space’ characterthat can make the text a bit difficult for some to read withoutexperiencing eye fatigue. Another very simple example that is often

overlooked by professional magazines: instead of allowing an articleto say something like “people find it hard to accept new socialsystems”, Ray makes sure that we say “people MAY find it hard toaccept new social systems”. It ‘may’ be a subtle difference to somepeople, but it makes for much more accurate statements. We also tryto use “I think”, “Perhaps”, “It seems that” and generally avoid the useof all-encompassing words like “Everyone”, “All”, etc..

Language, which is mostly how we think, is barely able to describe thevery real world that we live in, but we strive very hard to slightlyimprove on that.

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DESIGNING

I see no purpose or reader benefit in tossing pretty pictures and colorsonto the design just to make it look ‘pretty’. I always try to add images

that are complementary and explanatory to the article’scontent/context, many of which I compose/create from various freeonline photo collections, or vector images that I create from scratch. Ialso take into account the fact that I am designing the magazine to berendered on different screen sizes.

Thus the images and text must fit many different screens, so I alwayscheck the design on multiple devices before we release an issue.

MANAGING

I find it impossible to explain all the work that needs to be done towardmanaging TVPM and its main website, because there are so manythings involved in it. Replying to feedback messages that require alonger and more thoughtful response is not easy at all. But updates,errors and other technical issues that come up with the website ormagazine is something that has to be dealt with frequently. Even thecampaign on the website took many hours a day over many days todesign it, set it up, test all display and functionality elements, andrefine it until it became what you see now. I also have to pay close attention to whatever we share on varioussocial networks, so if people make us aware of a typo in a photo wepost, or if anyone asks us anything, I’m there to answer/solve. I may beonline 10 hours or more a day, which is a bit scary :), but even a smalltechnical error in the newsletter template that I want to send out maytake hours to figure out and solve. So I have to focus a lot of time onlineto make sure that TVPM is working well for everyone.

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PROMOTING

For nearly two years now, we have shared 4 - 5 article-excerpt imagesevery day across all of our social networks, which are managed by

numerous volunteers helping to grow public awareness of The VenusProject. Put another way, I have produced thousands of article-relevant images so far, and have NEVER posted the same image twice.Perhaps some things should never be recycled. ;) With the approach that I use, it takes 2 days to make and schedule eachissue’s promotional images, focusing on it for about 6 hours each day.It’s not hard, but it is very time consuming.

Many thousands of supporters, if not millions, have shared theseimages far and wide, triggering curiosity in many non-TVP-supportersto have a closer look at The Venus Project.

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Writing for the magazine, or presenting anything you have learned tosomeone, reinforces the writer’s thoughts/knowledge on thatparticular subject. We encourage everyone to write for the magazine,and offer them a guided medium through which they can readily gainthat reinforcement. Also, writing about subjects related to TVP, in suchdetail, will significantly help you become a stronger vessel for carryingthe TVP idea out to others, even when you’re not writing. It’s notenough to privately ‘support’ TVP. We also need to be able to answerquestions in regards to this project; knowing more to understand andexplain it better. When anyone asks me how TVP is going to automate everything, I cantell them to sit down with me for the next 2-3 hours while I give theman overview of all that is already possible with today’s technology. If anyone thinks there is such a thing as ‘human nature’, in regards tohuman behavior, then I am able to give them many examples from

many different cultures to show them how behavior is shaped by eachperson’s environment. If you ask me what is so wrong with the currentworld that we live in, because I’ve conducted so much research for themagazine, I am able to point out, in detail, multiple huge wastes of resources, technological unemployment, the built-in incentive to doharm, and so many other inherent issues with this system. This same kind of growth in knowledge, understanding and confidence

grows within the people who choose to write for the magazine, as theirknowledge of TVP gets reinforced by the editing / proofreading systemthat Ray developed for TVPM. This is extremely important, becauseTVP’s ideas must continually be carried out to the rest of the world bymore and more people who are able to clearly and fully explain theproject. Thus, we readily understand the importance of TVPM’s writersand we thank you all so much for collaborating with us.

EMPOWERING AND COLLABORATING

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PAST ISSUES

Because each monthly issue is made freely available to all, across everydevice, TVP Magazine can (and should) be easily used by everyone toaddress many TVP-related topics that are asked about by people new(and even old) to it, and many more complex subjects will be dissected

in future TVPM issues. Three big series’ topics that are already in“research phase” are:

1. THE MONETARY SYSTEM:What is money; how does it really work: from China to the USA, historyto alternative barter methods, and so on.

2. SCIENCE:What is it, how did it emerge/evolve, how it helps humanity. 3. LANGUAGE:How it came into existence, how it impacts our understanding of theworld, how many ‘types’ of languages are there, and what may be abetter alternative for the language we currently use to communicate.

Of course, those are just 3 topics on a huge list of subjects that I havecompiled.

One of the wonderful aspects of the TVP-focused information that wecover is that the content of past issues never grows ‘old’. And while wecreate so much new material for TVPM every month, there are alwayshundreds of new visits per week for each of the past issues, which begsthe question: how can new TVP supporters read through so many pastissues?

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They don’t have to because: 1. We reference relevant past articles in new issues. So when newcomersread about new automated technologies in the new issues, but we also

link them to read our previous ‘abundance’ article to understand howthese new technologies can create abundance and how abundance willbe achieved. Thus, we always create such chains of understandingbetween new and past article concepts and other relevant ‘connections’.

2. All of the issues, taken as a whole, provide a huge resource pool forfuture videos and lectures. If we plan a future educational video coursefor TVP, for example, then we have lots of materials from the magazine to

base our courses on. If anyone wants to develop a live ‘talk’ on particularsubjects that we address in TVPM, they are free to use these materials.

3. Also, if you have difficulties explaining certain concepts about TVP toothers, or if you simply don’t have the time necessary to cover enough of itfor them, you can either share existing articles directly from TVPM thatdiscuss the topics in detail, or if one doesn’t already exist, you can email us

at [email protected] and ask us to make an article about aparticular subject related to TVP that either you do not fully understand orthat you would like an in-depth article’s help in explaining to people.

Example: if someone says that humans are motivated only by money,show them the article we did on volunteering, where we detail howmillions of people around the world already work without any monetaryincentive. If someone questions the role of genes in shaping human

behavior, we have that covered as well. You’ll find all of the articles thatwe have developed so far, here.

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IT NEEDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT

If we were to have ‘normal’ jobs, we would have far fewer hours than wedo now to devote to the magazine. We would be mostly limited to

holidays, breaks and weekends. We take none of those now, though.Without exaggeration, there hasn’t been a single day over the past yearwhen we did nothing for TVPM. We love the magazine, and love doingresearch for it, writing, editing, proofreading, refining the readability foreasy understandability, designing the layouts, promoting theinformation to so many supporters, new and old alike, trying to makesense of TVP’s complex global proposal, and everything else about thework involved, and we would hate to have any job but this.

We tried working on this magazine for free for 7-8 months, asking forvolunteers to volunteer, and that didn’t work at all. Most people are fartoo busy surviving in this monetary world and sometimes notmotivated enough to spend the time needed to develop and support amagazine. We are just 2 people producing TVP Magazine. Are you aware of any

other magazines in the world with 13-15 thousand monthly readers,tackling such a wide array of complex subjects, over 120 pages eachmonth, and keeping its global distribution free, with a staff of only 2people? Maybe there are, but I know of none. Even if there were plenty,we just can't do it without having the money to eat, pay our rent, or forthe services needed for the magazine.

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MORE THAN A MAGAZINE

TVP Magazine is far more than a magazine. It is an online ‘educational’tool that is easily accessed and read on any device out there, or

downloaded for free in PDF or Text format. Since it is packed with manyexplanatory images and videos, it provides a unique experience forlearning. Additionally, even if people find it hard to read the magazine due tointernet information oversaturation, if people follow TVP on any socialnetwork, they will be able to learn about any subject we presentthrough the educational images we make and publish every single day.

Half of our readers use smartphones or tablets to read the magazine,showing us that reading it on a touch device provides a good experienceakin to enjoying it on a more traditional desktop environment. That isreally important, as these new devices will become even more abundantin the near future. If you think you are supporting only an online magazine, then you arenot yet aware of the entire story. Ray and I have helped TVP with thedevelopment, implementation and administration of numerous otherbig projects over the past several years, and we continue to do all we canto build on that support growth foundation. While we never mentionthis when we talk about the TVP Magazine campaign, and we wouldnever think of asking anyone for money toward any of that, it is also veryclear to us that, as a kind of side-effect, we have been able to continuehelping TVP at a very high level and in so many ways beyond our work onTVP Magazine over this last year, specifically because of your financial

support for TVPM. TVP MAGAZINE IS NOT JUST A MAGAZINE ABOUT TVP - IT IS INTEGRALTO TVP! AND AS TVP IS A PILE OF IDEAS, TVPM IS GROWING IT MONTHAFTER MONTH. Over the past year, we evolved a lot in the way that we work for themagazine. We have become more focused in what we write about, and

how it is presented, and are now reaching, on average, 3 - 5 times morepeople than we were reaching a year ago. We want to continue to growit for another year. If you can, please help us accomplish that.

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FAQFAQwith Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows

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How does this system differ from Marxism,besides the technological use?

Communism is a political system managed by a form of ideology,which does not necessarily relate to human or environmentalneeds. Communism uses money, banks, armies, police, prisons,charismatic personalities, social stratification, and is managed byappointed leaders and uses indoctrination.

The Venus Project's aim is to surpass the need for the use of money. Police, prisons, banking, advertising, stockbrokers,

military, and government would no longer be necessary whengoods, services, healthcare, and education are available to allpeople. The Venus Project would replace politicians with acybernated society in which all of the physical entities would asquickly as possible be managed and operated by computerizedsystems.

The only region that the computers do not operate or manage isthe surveillance of human beings. This would be completelyunnecessary and considered socially offensive. A society thatuses technology without human concern has no basis of survival.Communism has no blueprint or methodology to carry out theirideals and along with capitalism, fascism, and socialism willultimately go down in history as failed social experiments. One of

Communism's concerns is the condition of labor and the workingclass.

The Venus Project's major concerns are producing products withlimited labor and eventually eliminating labor and at the sametime giving people all the amenities of a prosperous, high energysociety. It is not our aim to produce a society that does nothingbut enjoy leisure time. Instead people will be introduced tolimitless opportunities to explore, create, participate, and learn.

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PART HUMAN

PART MACHINE:REPLACEMENTSBY TIO

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LIMBS AND

MOVEMENTIn order for us humans to walk, we need healthy bones, lots of muscles, strength, coordination and flexibility. To mimic what a legdoes, as well as how it communicates with the brain and the rest of the body, turns out to be quite a challenge.

Multiple 3D-printed prostheses have been developed recently and,although they represent a very cheap (in terms of energy andmaterials) means to quickly replace a missing limb, they are not

nearly as advanced as a mechanical prosthesis, because mechanicallimbs allow for much more flexibility and adaptability for movement.

One such mechanicalleg is Genium X3.

It is waterproof, thebattery last 5 days and,more importantly, itdetects pressure and itsposition in space,adapting to different

kinds of movements:from riding a bike,running, driving, or evenswimming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDv-8hrhqOghttp://www.ottobockus.com/prosthetics/lower-limb-prosthetics/solution-overview/x3-prosthetic-leg/https://www.google.es/search?q=leg+3d+printed+prostesis&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=73j4VJGkDMf1UO7RgtgM#q=3d+printed+leg+prosthesis&tbm=nws

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Such mechanical legs caneven be jointed at the hip viaa 3D Hip Joint System thatresults in a three-dimensional hip movementto compensate for pelvicrotation. The result is a

symmetrical, natural walkingpattern.

Watch this video demo to see it in action -

Thus, the leg becomes completefrom the hip, while also servingmore capabilities than a normalprosthesis as it acts as a shockabsorber, adapts to uneventerrain, provides a smoothrollover from heel to toe, andeven allows for multi-axialmotion (which means even moremobility and comfort), plus thematerials it’s made from give it a‘spring to your step’, meaningthat it compresses when youapply weight and propels youforward as your foot rolls.(source)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgWRrDTakaYhttp://www.ottobockus.com/prosthetics/info-for-new-amputees/prosthetics-101/finding-the-best-foot-for-you/http://www.ottobockus.com/prosthetics/lower-limb-prosthetics/solution-overview/helix-hip-system/

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Some mechanical lower limbs, like BIOM, are now able tocommunicate directly with one’s biology to adapt its movements (itcan connect directly to nerves to understand how the person wishesto move).

This is a ‘huge step’ towards properly integrating these mechanicaldevices to a human’s biology with a more natural connectivity.Imagine wearing a stiff, non-mechanical leg. How hard would it be tomove around? Keep in mind that you need to feel the pressure onyour artificial leg to walk smoothly, you need to have the flexibility of movement to avoid tripping or to change the direction of yourwalking, and so on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDsNZJTWw0w

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Today’s mechanical legs can understand how youmove and respond accordingly, allowing peoplewithout legs to do nearly anything that a natural

legged person can do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDsNZJTWw0w

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As an example, there are people withmovement handicaps (missing limbs for

instance) that can participate inphysically intensive sports at a high levelof performance.(source 1, 2)

http://passion.ottobock.com/en/technology/for-skiing-snowboarding-waterskiing/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralympic_Games

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As a side note, mechanical legscan be coated with a silicon

covering to look almostidentical to real legs, as shownin this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1-yVu4JJLY

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In addition to helping those with missing legs, these machines arealso helping those that suffer from paralysis.

Exoskeletons are already in use for such cases. The exoskeleton‘senses’ the wearer’s body position, and balance points, triggeringmovement according to these inputs and, thus, allowing people whootherwise cannot move to walk again. This technology is still in itsearly stages, so it is more of a prototype, but will improve significantlyover a very short period of time, as most technologies do these days.(source)

Today’s mechanical arms use similar technologies to provide for

control and connect to the human body. Sensors detect musclemovement and tension, or are connected directly to nerves, and thatfeedback is translated into the robotic arm’s movement.

One extraordinary example is a man who can control two mechanicalarms and shoulders, through multiple sensors from the mechanicalarms to different nerves on his body. Even though the arms /shoulders are very complex and able for different kinds of motions,

the control system development is still in its early stages, so it’s slowand very simple.(source)

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You see, when these mechanical prostheses are attached to thebody, the body needs to have well-functioning muscles or nervesto communicate with them.

The brain sends commands to the muscles and nerves, and they, inturn, activate the mechanism of the arm (or leg, or other devices).If those muscles and nerves are also damaged, then it becomesmore difficult to find a solution, although nerve and muscletransplants from a different part of the body are now possible,too.(source)

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However a new kind of connectivity betweenmechanical devices and the human body isincreasingly being tested: a direct connection of such devices with the brain, fully bypassing

other parts of the body. To put it simply, thistechnology is basically reading brain patterns,and then associating them with the movementsof a mechanical limb.

So, if you imagine picking up a cup and puttingit on a shelf, and then repeat this a couple of times, this technology can directly analyze yourbrain’s activity, learn your specific brainpatterns for that kind of movement, and thentranslate them into physical movements of therobotic arm.(source) Imagine the same technology being applied toexoskeletons, mechanical legs, or even used forcontrolling wheelchairs, driving, and manyother devices.

Thus, with only ‘the power of the mind’, it’snow becoming possible for people to controldifferent kinds of devices that allow them tomove, reach, grasp, etc..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDV_62QoHjYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUcubnQML9shttp://www.theverge.com/2013/9/26/4774444/rehabilitation-institute-chicago-creates-mind-controlled-bionic-leghttp://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23640-mindcontrolled-exoskeleton-lets-paralysed-people-walk.html#.VQCb0s1Gh5Qhttp://www.engadget.com/2014/12/17/darpa-mind-control-robot-arm/

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Another fascinating compliment to this field is artificialmuscles. These are basically pneumatic ‘bladders’, preciselycontrolled by air flow, that bring more flexible and naturalmovement to mechanical limbs.

We did an entire article on artificial muscles a while back,which you can read here, but check out TVPM’s video playlistshowcasing its use in limbs to see how natural movementsbecome when assisted by this technology.

https://www.joomag.com/magazine/tvp-magazine-issue-no-05/0710708001379549455/p22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_artificial_muscleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_artificial_muscles

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While these technologies aregenerally used to replace missinglimbs, they can also enhanceperformance of existing limbs toease movement, and improvestrength and performance. Imagine similar devices that mayhelp you walk farther distances,climb under more difficultconditions, or to control devicesfrom a distance with your brain.

Alongside 3D printing, limbs are becoming more easily

replaced with mechanical alternatives, and with further advancement in software and materials, mechanical movement will become more natural, and simply a matter of ‘thinking about it’.

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Although we can’t call these mechanical, we shouldmention that there are already many procedures thatallow for joint replacements (hips, knee, shoulder, disc)or bone replacements with varying material alternativesthan biological structures.

JOINTS AND

BONES

https://www.google.es/search?q=knee+Joint+Replacement&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=P874VLWTDoPxUsqVgdgLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_replacementhttp://www.spine-health.com/treatment/artificial-disc-replacementhttp://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments_and_procedures/hic_Total_Shoulder_Joint_Replacementhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_bonehttp://www.spine-health.com/treatment/artificial-disc-replacementhttp://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments_and_procedures/hic_Total_Shoulder_Joint_Replacementhttps://www.google.es/search?q=knee+Joint+Replacement&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=P874VLWTDoPxUsqVgdgLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_replacementhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_replacement

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The first 3D-printed skull, lower jaw, upper jaw or parts of the skull, and pelvis,each made of strong materials, have already been transplanted to somepatients. These examples are just a sampling, but there may already be ‘mechanical’, non-biological alternatives for all joint and bone replacement needs.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/26/3d-printed-skullhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16907104http://www.businessinsider.com/uk-surgeon-implanted-a-3d-printed-pelvis-2014-2http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26534408http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16907104http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/26/3d-printed-skull

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KIDNEYYour kidneys’ main function is to act asa filtration system for your blood;removing toxins from your body by

transferring them to the bladder,where they are later evacuated fromthe body during urination. Kidneyfailure occurs when the kidneys losethe ability to sufficiently filter wastefrom the blood.

Many factors can interfere with kidney

health and function, such as toxicexposure to environmental pollutantsand chemical food preservatives,certain diseases and ailments, andphysical kidney damage.

If your kidneys cannot manage theirtask, your body becomes overloaded

with toxins. Left untreated, this canlead to kidney failure and may result indeath.(source)

ORGANSTo replace the functionality of abiological organ with a mechanical

device is far more complex andsophisticated than replacing limbs,since organ functionality often meansthe difference between life and death.One can live without legs and arms,but not without a heart or a liver.

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People can live without one kidney, but not without both. Over onemillion people die from kidney failure every year, while around 1.4million are currently helped by an artificial kidney called a dialysismachine.(source) However, that also means keeping the patientconnected to a huge machine without the ability to move or have anormal life.

But now, a cup-of-coffee sizeddevice has been invented andis nearly ready to be tested inpatients. It is designed to lastfor the life of the recipient andshould be ready for trial in

2017.(source 1, 2)

Another small implantableartificial kidney is set to betested in human trials in 5 - 6

years, according to thiscompany.

There are other mechanical replacements for kidneys that are not assmall, but have already shown success in their first clinical trials.These are not designed for implant, but for wearing them on a belt,allowing patients much more mobility and a more normal life

compared to dialysis.(source)

A mechanical replacement for kidney function has been available for many years. The challenge now is to make it smaller and smaller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjaBCzh5zmohttp://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/839462http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtsHDY5S21Ahttp://implantablekidney.org/home/technical/http://implantablekidney.org/home/technical/http://pharm.ucsf.edu/kidney/devicehttp://www.ucsf.edu/news/2013/03/13699/artificial-kidney-holds-promise-vast-majority-dialysishttps://davitavillagetrust.org/education/kidney-disease-around-world/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis

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LIVERNearly all of ‘the good stuff’ in what youeat and drink eventually passesthrough your liver, an organ that

performs over 500 different functions.Although the liver is the only humanorgan that can fully regenerate from aslittle of 25% of it, incidences of liverfailure can still occur. One interesting fact is that because theliver performs many complex functions

in and for the body, there is no properlytested mechanical device to replace itsfunctions, at least so far. Althoughclinical trials have already begun forsuch devices, their potential is yet to beconfirmed.(source)

However, these devices make use of actual liver cells contained withindevices that are externally connectedto the human body to achieve liverfunctions, so it may be more accurate to

regard these as biological devices,rather than mechanical ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiuyOkhLugUhttp://vitaltherapies.com/clinical-trials/http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/liver_and_gallbladder_disorders/manifestations_of_liver_disease/liver_failure.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver#Liver_regenerationhttp://healthvermont.gov/news/2011/050511_hepatitis_month.aspx

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PANCREASThe pancreas’ main function is theproduction of insulin, which then control thelevels of glucose (sugars) in the blood. When

this fails (Type 1) or becomes reduced (Type2), there is more glucose in the bloodstreamthan normal, and the result is a seriouscondition known as diabetes. All Type 1 andsome Type 2 diabetes cases require insulinintake, affecting 371 million peopleworldwide, and that number is expected torise to 552 million by 2030. Althoughhumans can live without a pancreas, theymust take insulin and pills that containdigestive enzymes for the rest of their lives inorder to survive that.(source) There is a new mechanical device designed tocontrol the distribution of synthetic insulin inan automated way, and it looks verypromising after the first clinical trial, keeping

subjects within a safe blood glucose range for80 percent or more of the time.(source) But there is also one device that has nomechanical parts, using a gel that isolates areservoir of insulin. The gel hardens andsoftens in real-time response to fluctuatingglucose levels within the body, allowing

insulin to be released from the reservoirprecisely when needed. Human trials of thispump are due to commence in 2016.(source)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreashttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWurrpn2s64http://www.medgadget.com/2014/01/passive-artifical-pancreas-nearing-trials.htmlhttp://dailynexus.com/2015-02-12/ucsb-researchers-tackle-pediatric-diabetes-with-artificial-pancreas/http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Programs-and-Services/Pancreatic-and-Biliary-Diseases/Frequently-Asked-Questions-About-Pancreatic-and-Biliary-Diseases.aspxhttps://www.google.es/search?q=how+many+people+regularly+take+insulin&gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=gGX6VOX4CoStUYO2g5AP#q=how+many+people+have+type+1+diabetes+worldwidehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEMCan we replace the human stomach,small intestine and large intestine(basically most of the digestive system)

with a mechanical one? Not really, butthere are mechanical models of thehuman digestive system which mimicthe ‘real’ thing quite well. In order for you to digest food, there is aseries of events that have to take place:from the saliva that mixes up with thefood, mastication (chewing into smallerbits) and muscular contractions (movingit from one place to another), to thestomach’s acid and bacteria in the gut(intestines), and eventually, thetransportation of ‘good stuff’ from thebroken-down food into thebloodstream.

There are a few teams of engineersaround the world that have builtmechanical models of the entiredigestive system. These are generallyused for drug testing, and more, butthere is also a robot that can actuallydigest food and extract energy from itfor mechanical movement. It does that

with the help of bacteria and before itsuffered a non-related mechanicalproblem, it was able to ‘survive’ for 7continuous days by collecting anddigesting food.(source)

https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/alife/0262290758chap131.pdfhttp://www.chr-hansen.com/products/product-areas/probiotics-for-dietary-supplements/innovation/tim-an-artificial-gut.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMJIqpkMoYchttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_digestive_systemhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooGTNpZKAZY

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Could such a system be used in humans to replace their entire digestive

system? I doubt it, but the interesting fact about humans is that theycan basically survive without any parts of the digestive system exceptthe small intestine, and even the small intestine is still functional atabout 19% of its total length. You would have to be fed intravenouslyif you had no functional small intestine.(source) So far, there is no mechanical alternative for the human digestivesystem, but perhaps other non-mechanical and biological alternativesexist, as we will discuss in an upcoming article on enhancing humanbiology.

ECOBOT III

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One is called Biolung, which is a soda-can sizeddevice that uses ‘heart power’ to pump blood intoits chamber where oxygen and carbon dioxide areexchanged across a plastic membrane. The

oxygen-rich blood then returns to the body. Thedevice is designed for implant and has no movingparts. Biolung has been tested in sheep, resultingin better survival rates and less lung injury than aconventional ventilator. It is expected to betested in humans about 2 years from now.(source)

This device isn’t designed for long term use,however. It’s only intended for a couple of months use by patients awaiting a lungtransplant, but it is an important piece of technology due to its small size and ability to beimplanted within the patient.

Another team is working on a years-long solution for mechanical device lungreplacement. They’ve been working on this device for the past 20 years andhave recently received a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH) to support research and development for the artificiallung. They say that such devices could be in use within the next 5 - 10 years.(source) The ‘downside’, if there can be one in a situation where your lifedepends on such a device, is that while it allows for certain mobility and usefrom home (not being hospitalized), this kind of device still has to be closely

monitored by doctors and is still unable to support the mobility one has withbiological lungs. AmbuLung is designed with all of these flaws in mind and the team behind itwant to create a fully functional lung that allows normal mobility for patientsover long-term use. They started the project in 2012, and animal trials shouldbe concluded by June of this year. If all goes well, human trials will beginshortly after that. However, they’re not just using mechanical parts for this. To

achieve this performance on such a small implantable scale, they also employliving cells within a design that is ‘mechanically and mathematically’ driven foroptimizing the function of a new kind of device that, they say, may completelyrevolutionize artificial lung functionality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunghttp://www.inlander.com/spokane/within-breathing-distance/Content?oid=2186636http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkUbf6oJbLYhttp://www.healthcompetence.eu/converis/publicweb/project/4861;jsessionid=5f468c01bc7490783a74cd23b9eb?show=Personhttp://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/148201_en.htmlhttp://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/september/september10_artificiallungs.htmlhttp://www.webmd.com/lung/features/artificial-lung-closer-to-clinical-trialhttp://www.webmd.com/lung/features/artificial-lung-closer-to-clinical-trialhttp://www.inlander.com/spokane/within-breathing-distance/Content?oid=2186636

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HEART

The heart is the organ that pumps bloodthroughout our body, providing the totalorganism with oxygen and nutrients,while also assisting with the removal of

metabolic wastes - substances left overfrom excretory processes which cannotbe used by the organism (they aresurplus or have lethal effect), and musttherefore be excreted. This includesnitrogen compounds, excess water, CO2,phosphates, sulfates, etc.).

As with any other organ, the heart comeswith a predisposition for harmfulmutations. When genetic ‘errors’ occur, ahuman can be born with a non-standardheart structure; one that can result ineither the death of the human or a varietyof issues that the human must deal withfor the rest of her/his life. Environmental

factors, such as various diseases orcertain drugs that the mother has/takes,have been shown to correlate withnumerous heart structure errors. Evenwith a good heart, multiple issues canlater arise with this organ. These issuesare so numerous and impactful that thenumber one cause of death in the worldis heart failure. It kills more than 17.3million people every year. Lucky for us, there are several artificialhearts out there that have already provento not only completely replace theheart’s functions for a particular periodof time, but there have been continuoussteady improvements in artificial heart

designs, providing better results overincreasingly shorter periods of time.

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