I only picked that book to give people an idea of what H.G. Wells had in mind. I don't recommend it as a solution, I recommend it as reading, just to give you a different point of view than the one you are brought up to believe in.

(R) Did you feel that H.G. Wells had good social commentary or social ideas?

(J) He had better social commentary than the people of his time did. Edward Bellamy's 'Looking Backward' had very good comparisons to help people understand the benefits of a cooperative society, as against a competitive society.

(R) Yes, that's true too, because Bellamy's book has old technology. It's interesting to see his predictions even in technology at that time, but he did have interesting social commentary about how to solve things communally, and his fiction of what the world could look like to eliminate some of the problems we have.

(J) Yes, Edward Bellamy had a lot of good ideas. By reading that book you will have a different point of view than the one you get in school or a university today.

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Answered by Jacque Fresco, Roxanne Meadows, TVP Authorized

QA#: 2012060323
Transcribed by Lucas Samascott