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Delight
7th August 2013, 17:56
Buckminster Fuller is one of the most inspiring people...interview From 1979 by an inspiring Los Angeles public-access television figure called Damien Simpson... very philosophical....has something to say to us in this interview about free thinking, faith and what he learned about life.

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playlist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyJH2FxZx3Y&feature=share&list=PL7EC35E8FA88332C5



Buckminster Fuller described himself as a “living verb.” Holder of 48 honorary doctorate degrees, born in the 1890s, he was a philosopher and engineer whose experience and global view of humanity and science enabled him to transcend nationalism and temporary current conditions and foresee the direction of major events in the future.

He created the geodesic dome to show how much can be accomplished utilizing very little. In this program and series of interviews, he points out how mankind is moving from the tangible world which can be evidenced by sight, sound, smell and touch, into the invisible world of energy, ions, electrical forces, etc., so much so that “99.9999% of what affects our reality will be undetectable by our senses.”

He states that “man must learn to think for himself, rather than follow blindly what he has been taught.” “As the astronauts stated, the words ‘up’ and ‘down’ have no meaning. The correct words are ‘out’ and ‘in’. This was confirmed when mankind learned the Earth was round, not flat.”

He expresses many fascinating theories in these interviews that conditions today confirm.

Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 — July 1, 1983) was an American architect, author, designer, inventor, and futurist.

Fuller published more than 30 books, inventing and popularizing terms such as “Spaceship Earth”, ephemeralization, and synergetics. He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, the best known of which is the geodesic dome. Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their resemblance to geodesic spheres.

http://eppic.biz/2012/08/28/never-mind-what-you-think-not-buckminster-fuller-video/

1975 Buckminster Fuller: Every Thing I Know... one of at least 6 parts on youtube.
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http://bfi.org/about-bucky/resources/everything-i-know
Website includes transcripts....


During the last two weeks of January 1975 Buckminster Fuller gave an extraordinary series of lectures concerning his entire life's work. These thinking out loud lectures span 42 hours and examine in depth all of Fuller's major inventions and discoveries from the 1927 Dymaxion house, car and bathroom, through the Wichita House, geodesic domes, and tensegrity structures, as well as the contents of Synergetics. Autobiographical in parts, Fuller recounts his own personal history in the context of the history of science and industrialization.

The stories behind his Dymaxion car, geodesic domes, World Game and integration of science and humanism are lucidly communicated with continuous reference to his synergetic geometry. Permeating the entire series is his unique comprehensive design approach to solving the problems of the world. Some of the topics Fuller covered in this wide ranging discourse include: architecture, design, philosophy, education, mathematics, geometry, cartography, economics, history, structure, industry, housing and engineering.

Tesseract
7th August 2013, 23:08
Fuller initiated a system where his students were given no option but to sign papers that took away their rights to any intellectual property that they invented while still under his supervision. This unfair system soon became the norm. As a student who, in subsequent years, came through the university system, I had to sign away all my rights to anything I ever made, designed or spoke about, thanks, in part, to Fuller's original, contagious selfishness.

I understand he was a visionary - but I won't be falling into any Bucky idolatry anytime soon.

Conchis
8th August 2013, 09:39
If you live anywhere in the NC area, you probably already know about this, but I'll throw it out there for others. 2 times a year, every year, there is a "group camp" event called the Lake Eden Arts Festival...otherwise known as the LEAF. It's held at Lake Eden, which is an old art commune that Buckminster Fuller and others used over the summers to gather and explore new ideas. Rumor has it that the first geodesic dome was actually built on this property. It's three days of camping with interesting people, best music/dance/learning you can find about anywhere. The people that come sign up to teach courses, so all three days, there are dozens of choices every hour to learn everything from a short course in playing the Didgeridoo to line dancing. (okay so this only ties in with Buckminster a little... I seem to be a verb)