All are intractably skeptical of what they do not understand. We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERYou cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
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For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living than any have ever known.
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It is one of the strange facts of experience that when we try to think about the future, our thoughts jump backwards. It may well be that nature has some fundamental metaphysical law by which opening up what we call the future also opens up the past in equal degree.
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We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control.
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Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
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The Universe consists of non-simultaneously apprehended events.
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Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
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I am convinced that creativity is a priori to the integrity of the universe and that life is regenerative and conformity meaningless.
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It is the consensus of great scientists that science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience.
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Television is the third parent.
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One of humanity’s prime drives is to understand and be understood. All other living creatures are designed for highly specialized tasks. Man seems unique as the comprehensive comprehender and co-ordinator of local universe affairs.
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Topology is the science of fundamental pattern and structural relationships of event constellations.
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Havenotness is caused by society’s failure to design and produce the right tools and goods. Money alone is not the panacea.
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There is enough for everyone. People think that there isn’t enough, so they get as much as they can, so many people don’t have enough.
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…primarily the individual is going to study at home.
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