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R. Buckminster Fuller Review  

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  1. 1. R. Buckminster Fuller Review

    • Never heard of him
      13
    • Heard the name but nothing else
      4
    • I know who he is but never read him
      8
    • I read him but didn't understand it
      0
    • I read & understood some/all of his work;I voted my opinion below
      5
    • Opinion #1 no real world utility
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    • Opinion #2 occassionall real world utility
      3
    • Opinion #3 substantial utility
      4
    • Opinion#4 yet unrecognized utility
      5
    • I may read/reread Fuller after voting this poll
      12

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Bucky Fuller was more like Archimedes than Plato -- more interested in seeing things work in the real world than philosophizing about the underlying conceptualizations. Carbon nanotubes and Buckyballs trace directly to the lens he provided us with to see something new, which is one of the two or three most important things about scientific theory.

 

The laser was predicted for several years (about ten?) before somebody was able to make one -- in that case, theory preceded implementation. A lot of Fuller's stuff is like that -- ahead of its time.

 

But in the end, if he can change some of our overall world view, I'd say we have a better, though still slim, chance to survive into the next century.

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___Buffy assures me above that judging by the poll I have 9 compatriots in the study of Synergetics. How's that working out compadres? Even though the online book is convenient, I may yet buy the 2-volume paper copy for ease of use.

___Off to some omni-directionality then! :surprise:

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