"The Zeitgeist Movement is the activist arm of The Venus Project, which is the lifelong work of Jacque Fresco industrial designer and social engineer. The movement intends to 'restore the fundamental necessities and environmental awareness of the species through the advocation of the most current understandings of who and what we truly are, coupled with how science, nature and technology (rather than religion, politics and money) hold the keys to our personal growth, not only as individual human beings, but as a civilization, both structurally and spiritually.' The movement is essentially 'the application of the scientific method for social concern.' According to Peter Joseph, the movement currently has 'a quarter-million members'."