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The Venus Project Has Your Future Planned for You

The Venus Project Has Your Future Planned for You If you're a fan of the Bioshock game, where a subaquatic Utopian society goes terribly wrong, you'll be weirdly drawn to the futurist gang behind real-life think tank The Venus Project. They've got a whole plan for optimizing society, using planned communities and cultural engineering. And the best part is that they've got a seriously googie 1950s futurism vibe going in all their designs. So space age! So wonderful! Check out your future Utopia, below.

The Venus Project Has Your Future Planned for You Here's the streamlined Venus airport where you'll arrive in your super-spaceage plane.
The Venus Project Has Your Future Planned for You Check out the main meeting center, where the vast digital library filled with artificial intelligences will be housed.
The Venus Project Has Your Future Planned for You This just makes me think of Disney World, which makes sense because The Venus Institute is located in Florida (where Disney World lives too).
The Venus Project Has Your Future Planned for You More awesome housing, above, and some beautiful sea-going cities below.

The Venus Project Has Your Future Planned for You Want to learn more? Visit the Venus Project.

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