oposed natural selection, he faced at least as much resistance as Wegener; although his theory explained myriad observations, nobody had actually seen finches evolving. Likewise, the effects of our own collective activity—such as climate change and loss of biodiversity—are almost invisible to us, because the impact spans the whole planet, growing over centuries. Like plate tectonics and evolution, the arrival of the Anthropocene epoch is not a human-scale phenomenon. Buckminster Fuller conceived the Geoscope as a tool to help humans attain a global perspective, to see worldwide events and to probe geological time. It was to be an instrument for scoping Earth’s patterns—an instrument of comprehensive anticipatory design science. And though it was never built adjacent to the United Nations, he always carried one in his head. In order to anticipate comprehensively, the present-day design scientist must do as he did. Design scientists must be sensitive to natural patterns of change and human patterns of activity, extrapolating from fragmentary evidence. In the Anthropocene, these patterns will be interrelated. And since human activity is the driving force, they not only can be observed but also can be impacted. However, patterns must be detected before they become settled, before the consequences are foregone conclusions. Unlike Wegener and Darwin, the design scientist cannot be passive. There” Jonathan Keats, You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future
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Added by Michael Grove at 23:01 on February 14, 2019
no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.”
Buckminster Fuller
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oring in depth
the inter-relationships in the facts of experience
and the process of thinking. Synergetics endeavors
to identify and understand the methods that
NATURE actually uses in coordinating the
operation of the Universe (both physically and
metaphysically). Synergetics provides a method
and a philosophy for problem-solving and design
and therefore has applications in all areas of human
endeavour.
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dron. The continued torsional forces then transform the icosahedron into an octahedron. Finally, the "Jitterbug" can be configured into the shape of a tetrahedron, the elementary platonic-solid.
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w on I wish to dedicate this initiative of mine to THE IDEAS of he whom I would regard as my best friend ever, namely my father-in-law Ronald Yardley, who when I asked for his daughter's hand in marriage, exclaimed.. "WHY on EARTH would you want to DO THAT !!!???"
• but having built a digital calculator & a colour television receiver at home in a kitchen cupboard, it was he who had explained to me in-depth the purpose of using TRANSISTORS instead of VALVES at a TIME when, as part of a Physics 'A' level experiment, I was involved with the building of an analogue computer/calculator at Grammar School, utilising valves • I would dedicate the very concept of TRANSISTION to him, particularly with respect for the kindness of the hundreds of Post Office Staff who attended his funeral at Finchley Crematorium, following his untimely death at 54 years of age.
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ble, Linnie & I have been reflecting on how those changes have already begun to manifest themselves over the last few months, here in the UK, in consideration of the marvellous weather that we have enjoyed since our stay in Cornwall back in early June. ALL of which relates yet again to my long standing connessione with Buckminster Fuller. …
Added by Michael Grove at 11:05 on November 14, 2022