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The one common experience of all humanity is the challenge of problems.

R. Buckminster Fuller

It is essential that anyone reading this book know at the outset that the author is apolitical. I was convinced in 1927 that humanity’s most fundamental survival problems could never be solved by politics.
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Book Humanity Reading
We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.
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Earning Living Notion
The earth is like a spaceship that didn’t come with an operating manual.
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Environmental Inspirational Space
The procedure we are pursuing is that of true democracy. Semi-democracy accepts the dictatorship of a majority in establishing its arbitrary, ergo, unnatural, laws.
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Democracy Law Support
It is essential to release humanity from the false fixations of yesterday which seem now to bind it to a rationale of action leading only to extinction.
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Humanity Inspirational Yesterday
I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe; I am confident I couldnt have done anywhere near such a good job.
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Designer Done Jobs
Humanity is now experiencing history’s most difficult evolutionary transformation.
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Difficult Humanity Transformation
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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Hippie People Thinking
Don’t attempt to reform man. An adequately organized environment will permit humanity’s original, innate capabilities to become successful.
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Men Successful Wisdom
Life is the spirit incarnate in time.
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Incarnate Life Spirit
Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?
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Earth Humanity Successfully
If you change the environment, you change the people.
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Environment People
People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.
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Light People Ships
Television is the third parent.
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Parent Television Thirds
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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Design Tools Wisdom
The reward for being a good problem solver is to be heaped with more and more difficult problems to solve
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Difficult Problem Rewards