R. Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer and inventor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth12 July 1895
CountryUnited States of America
children new-relationship technology
The most important part about tomorrow is not the technology or the automation, but that man is going to come into entirely new relationships with his fellow men. He will retain much more in his everyday life of what we term the naïveté and idealism of the child. I think the way to see what tomorrow is going to look like is just to look at our children.
years air water
By the time you are 88 years old, you "have consumed 300 tons of food, air and water."
art looks done
I look for what needs to be done
race humanity finals
Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment.... Humanity is in 'final exam' as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe
men numbers environment
I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper.
notion earning-a-living drudgery
We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.
mean men leader
U.S. labor leaders will realize that automation can multiply man's wealth far more rapidly than it is multiplying at present and that automation will leave all men free to search and research... Realizing the direct competition with foreign industry on a straight labor basis will mean swiftly decreasing wages per hour and longer hours and decreasing buying power of the public.
faith believe thinking
Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
technology humanity reason
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
war moving gun
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
successful technology years
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. Only ten years ago the 'more with less' technology reached the point where this could be done. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful.
party technology political
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
play devil toys
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
The nearest each of us can come to God is by loving the truth.