R. Buckminster Fuller holds up a Tensegrity sphere. 18th April, 1979.
Credit: PBS
In 1969, I was in Washington, D.C., a 27-year-old editor of Seapower, a journal of maritime and naval affairs. Late one afternoon in the spring I was approached by the director of the Navy League, a non-profit foundation that sponsored the magazine, who said to me, “This is something that might interest you, Stephan. How would you like to spend the day with Buckminster Fuller?”
Fuller was scheduled to give the keynote address at the Navy League’s Annual Conference. He was to be picked up at his hotel about 10 a.m. and needed to be staffed for the day. If I volunteered, I was to take him wherever he wanted to go and just make sure things went smoothly. I agreed immediately and was struck by the relief in the director’s face. I realized he did not want to be burdened with Fuller for a whole day, just before the conference, and was glad I […]
Remote Viewing the Year 2060
Very interesting but after reading page 1 I am confronted with a paywall. Is that my mistake?
would like to read the article. Is there any way you could publish the full article?
I also ran up against paywall – requesting $35 for the one article.
I attended a small gathering in London in the 70s at Peter Cook’s Net and Gram Studio. Fuller spoke for 2 hours without pausing for water or to rest. One memorable statement he made has stuck with me. When you see systems and things falling apart, be grateful. That’s happening because they’re not working (badly designed). Once that happens there’s space for better, functional creative design.
He talked about the negative effect on the brain and creativity from loud, dissonant noise in the ghettos where buildings were designed with little noise insulation. As a child musician playing in a symphony, I experienced early on the positive effects of Mozart and Baroque music, which scientific research has cited. I agree with Fuller’s view, and more recent neuroscience research the measurable effects of design flaws on the physical and emotional health residents in low- income housing are serious.
Fuller was an autodidactic genius who saw the future of mankind as depending upon free energy from the sun and wind; way ahead of everyone in the time he lived in. I have great admiration for this man who saw a future that will change the world.