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Quote by R. Buckminster Fuller

“The eternal is omniembracing and permeative; and the temporal is linear. This opens up a very high order of generalizations of generalizations. The truth could not be more omni-important, although it is often manifestly operative only as a linear identification of a special-case experience on a specialized subject.”

Book:Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

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Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

This book explores the concept of synergetics, which examines how the geometry of physical systems can be applied to the understanding of complex phenomena. It combines insights from physics, biology, and other disciplines to provide a unique perspective on the structure and behavior of systems. more

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R. Buckminster Fuller

R. Buckminster Fuller, born on July 12, 1895, and died on July 1, 1983, was an American architect, designer, inventor, and philosopher. Known for his unique architectural ideas and contributions to sustainable development, Fuller is best known for his Dymaxion House and Geodesic Dome. His design philosophy emphasized efficiency, simplicity, and sustainability, having a profound impact on modern architecture and design. more

“[A]ll the categories of creatures act individually as special-case and may be linearly analyzed; retrospectively, it is discoverable that inadvertently they are all interaffecting one another synergetically as a spherical, interprecessionally regenerative, tensegrity spherical integrity. Geodesic spheres demonstrate the compressionally discontinuous--tensionally continuous integrity. Ecology is tensegrity geodesic spherical programming.”

May Cases Special Integrity Creatures Programming Categories Spheres Ecology

Book:Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking

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“It seemed that the time would come evolutionarily when humans might have acquired enough knowledge of generalized principles to permit a graduation from class-two (entropically selfish) evolution into class-one (syntropically cooperative) evolution, thereafter making all the right moves for all the right reasons.”

Humans Two Reason Enough Might Moving Class Principles Evolution Selfish Permit Cooperatives

Author:R. Buckminster Fuller

“Actually, the problem in the world is that there are too many rich people.”

People World Problem Rich Rich People

Author:Paul R. Ehrlich

“Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism, of sexism, of religious intolerance, of war, of gross economic inequality. But if you don't solve the population problem, you're not going to solve any of those problems. Whatever problem you're interested in, you're not going to solve it unless you also solve the population problem. Whatever your cause, it's a lost cause without population control.”