Wednesday, November 09, 2005

R. Buckminster Fuller

Did you know you can buy stamps from the post office online? In fact, you can buy cool R. Buckminster Fuller stamps.

I am somewhat familiar with one of R. Buckminster Fuller's more well-known inventions / discoveries, the bucky ball. Due to its apparent total lack of applicability, it tends to be the butt of engineering jokes (e.g. "nice invention geek-boy, looks about as useful as a bucky ball.").

Turns out he's a pretty idealistic guy with good intentions, he's just a bit nutty. To make my point, here's a R. Buckminster Fuller quote and an image of one of his wacky ideas.
"...make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone."
And what better way to do that than installation of a dome over New York...

1 comment:

Annabel Hine said...

uh, you better not mess with bucky, dave. he was just ahead of his time. seriously, i'll kick your ass. and now that i have a tattoo, that threat is much more credible.