Buckminster Fuller was a one-of-a-kind American intellectual: architect, engineer, and philosopher. As shown at left, he had what today might be considered something of a socialist, or perhaps Quaker or Buddhist perspective on life on planet Earth, urging us all …
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Buckminster Fuller’s Dream for Human Civilization
What an extraordinary man was Buckminster Fuller. Obviously, his vision for humankind never came to fruition, nor does it appear it ever will. Sure, war and greed are “unnecessary,” but they are a product of our darkest underlying modalities of …
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Promote What You Love….
At first glance, this makes sense. It’s what Buckminster Fuller meant when he said, “You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.” There is a problem …
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Making Fossil Fuels Obsolete
This morning I explained to a friend that, in my estimation, Buckminster Fuller was a super-human engineer, architect, author and visionary. He’s perhaps best known today for some terrific quotes he made during his long and rich life, including my …
The Folly of Carbon Taxes
Frequent contributor “MarcoPolo” has written dozens of comments here over the years. Judging by his remarks, it’s clear that he’s a Libertarian, yet he has a keen and heartfelt concern for the health of the environment. In what he wrote in …
Fossil Fuels Will Soon Be Obsolete
A reader offered this quote from Buckminster Fuller: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” So true.
Buckminster Fuller's Advice on Clean Energy
“There is no energy crisis, just a crisis of ignorance,” the great Buckminster Fuller once wrote. I’ve been Googling this, learning more about it, and challenging myself to figure out what it truly means in our world today. Check out …
