Buckminster Fuller (1895a "1983) was an architect, engineer,
geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the
famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his
time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive
perspective on the worlda (TM)s problems in numerous essays, which
offer an illuminating insight into the intellectual universe of
this renaissance man. These texts remain surprisingly topical even
today, decades after their initial publication.
While Fuller wrote the works in the 1960a (TM)s and 1970a (TM)s,
they could not be more timely: like desperately needed
time-capsules of wisdom for the critical moment he foresaw, and in
which we find ourselves. Long out of print, they are now being
published again, together with commentary by Jaime Snyder, the
grandson of Buckminster Fuller. Designed for a new generation of
readers, Snyder prepared these editions with supplementary material
providing background on the texts, factual updates, and
interpretation of his visionary ideas.
Initially published in 1969, and one of Fullera (TM)s most
popular works, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is a brilliant
synthesis of his world view. In this very accessible volume, Fuller
investigates the great challenges facing humanity, and the
principles for avoiding extinction and a oeexercising our option to
make it.a How will humanity survive? How does automation influence
individualization? How can we utilize our resources more
effectively to realize our potential to end poverty in this
generation? He questions the concept of specialization, calls for a
design revolution of innovation, and offers advice on how to guide
a oespaceship eartha toward a sustainable future.
And it Came to Pass a " Not to Stay brings together Buckminster
Fullera (TM)s lyrical and philosophical best, including seven a
oeessaysa in a form he called his a oeventilated prosea, and as
always addressing the current global crisis and his predictions for
the future. These essays, including a oeHow Little I Knowa, a
oeWhat I am Trying to Doa oe, a oeSoft Revolutiona, and a
oeEthicsa, put the task of ushering in a new era of humanity in the
context of a oealways starting with the universe.a In rare form,
Fuller elegantly weaves the personal, the playful, the simple, and
the profound.
Utopia or Oblivion is a provocative blueprint for the future.
This comprehensive volume is composed of essays derived from the
lectures he gave all over the world during the 1960a (TM)s. Fullera
(TM)s thesis is that humanity a " for the first time in its history
a " has the opportunity to create a world where the needs of 100%
of humanity are met. This is Fuller in his prime, relaying his
urgent message for earthiansa (TM) critical moment and presenting
pioneering solutions which reflect his commitment to the potential
of innovative design to create technology that does a oemore with
lessa and thereby improves human lives . . . a oeThis is what man
tends to call utopia. Ita (TM)s a fairly small word, but inadequate
to describe the extraordinary new freedom of man in a new
relationship to universe - the alternative of which is oblivion.a
Buckminster Fuller.
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