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.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERThe word synergy comes from the Greek sin-ergo, meaning, to work together. It describes a mutually supportive atmosphere of trust, where each individual element works towards its own goals, and where the goals may be quite varied.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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Truth is the progressive diminution of residual error.
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You can’t better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically applied.
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on first priority in design consideration is the full realization of individual potential in order to reach the second derivative full realization for all individuals
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Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked
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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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The opposite of nature is impossible.
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You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.
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Man is going to be displaced altogether as a specialist by the computer. Man himself is being forced to reestablish, employ, and enjoy his innate ‘comprehensivity.
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Instead, humans will spontaneously take upon themselves those tasks that world society really needs to have done.
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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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Specialization breeds biases that ultimately aggregate as international and ideological discord, which, in turn, leads to war.
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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The assumption is that the inevitability of a solution’s realization is inherent in the interaction of human intellect and the constantly transformative evolution of physical universe.
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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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Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. ‘Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind.
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