The problem with the Venus project is that it basically looks at human individuals as robotic entities that will behave and function if only put in the right en

The problem with the Venus project is that it basically looks at human individuals as robotic entities that will behave and function if only put in the right environment and subject to the right inputs. It's all horribly modernist/constructivist. The architecture proposed has no individualism about it, this is like a cartoon version of collectivism where there is no opportunity for self-actualization. I wouldn't want to live in that world, but even if I did I'm sure it would quickly morph into something else entirely. The resource idea is nice at first glance, but it only considers needs and not wants. The Soviet Union had the issue where production was always lagging behind trends and demands, China started growing when they cut loose entrepreneurial forces (though those are still heavily guided at macro scale, much like seen in postwar developed countries during the Keynesian era).