It is new design by architects versus world revolution by political leadership.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERRashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.
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Take the initiative. Go to work, and above all co-operate and don’t hold back on one another or try to gain at the expense of another. Any success in such lopsidedness will be increasingly short-lived.
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I say that radiation is inherently disintegrative: it comes apart. Gravity is inherently integrative: it pulls together. And to me, there’s a good possibility that love is what I’d call metaphysical gravity. It really holds everything together.
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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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There are no solids. There are no things. There are only interfering and non-interfering patterns operative in pure principle, and principles are eternal.
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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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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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Specialization breeds biases that ultimately aggregate as international and ideological discord, which, in turn, leads to war.
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Doing the right things for the wrong reasons is typical of humanity. Precession – not conscious planning – provides a productive outcome for misguided political and military campaigns.
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In order for a world-around democracy to prosper, world society must learn how to prosper.
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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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When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem.
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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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There is no such thing as genius, some children are just less damaged than others.
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All children are born geniuses; 9,999 out of every 10,000 are swiftly, inadvertently degeniusized by grownups.
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