I set about fifty-five years ago (1927) to see what a penni… - Buckminster Fuller

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I set about fifty-five years ago (1927) to see what a penniless, unknown human individual with a dependent wife and newborn child might be able to do effectively on behalf of all humanity...

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Richard Buckminster Fuller (12 July 1895 – 1 July 1983) was an American philosopher, systems theorist, architect, and inventor, known to many of his friends and fans as "Bucky" Fuller. He created and popularized the terms "Spaceship Earth", "ephemeralization", and "synergetics", and developed numerous inventions, the most famous of which is the geodesic dome.

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Pen Names: Bucky Fuller

Birth Name: Richard Buckminster Fuller

Native Name: Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr.

Alternative Names: R. Buckminster Fuller

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Realistic thinking accrues only after mistake making, which is the cosmic wisdom's most cogent way of teaching each of us how to carry on.

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The minute you choose to do what you really want to do,
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