Television is the third parent.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERThose who play with the devil’s toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Only our minds are able to discover the generalized principles operating without exception in each and every special-experience case which if detected and mastered will give knowledgeable advantage in all instances.
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All children are born geniuses, and we spend the first six years of their lives degeniusing them.
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If we design the environment properly It will permit both child and adult to develop safely And to behave logically.
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Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?
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All sports are time control demonstrations.
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I’m utterly convinced that we are all here for one another and that every experience that everyone is having is relevant. It all counts. The Universe is so extraordinarily well designed that it needs all those experiences.
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… reform the environment and not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment, he will behave favorably.
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The one common experience of all humanity is the challenge of problems.
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The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
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Corollary to this we find that we no sooner get a problem solved than we are overwhelmed with a multiplicity of additional problems in a most beautiful payoff of heretofore unknown, previously unrecognized, & as-yet unsolved problems.
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Don’t attempt to reform man. An adequately organized environment will permit humanity’s original, innate capabilities to become successful.
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Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe everybody, and give every human on Earth a chance.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a tremendous bundle of experience.
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The most important thing about Spaceship Earth – an instruction book didn’t come with it.
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