Quite clearly, our task is predominantly metaphysical, for it is how to get all of humanity to educate itself swiftly enough to generate spontaneous social behaviors that will avoid extinction.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERWe are most probably here for local information-gathering and local-Universe problem-solving in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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It is well known that of every strong woman they say she has a masculine mind.
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Topology is the science of fundamental pattern and structural relationships of event constellations.
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How much does your building weigh? A question often used to challenge architects to consider how efficiently materials were used for the space enclosed.
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You don’t belong to you. You belong to the Universe and you’re here to serve.
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The 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.
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Right now I am a passenger on space vehicle Earth zooming about the Sun at 60,000 miles per hour somewhere in the solar system.
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We are prisoners of our own metaphors, metaphorically speaking.
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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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If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do… HOW WOULD I BE? WHAT WOULD I DO?
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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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Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences – “which is the mostest? which is the leastest?”
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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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The wave is not the water. The water merely told us about the wave moving by.
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We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren’t true. It’s always better with the truth.
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Real wealth is ideas plus energy.
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