Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is a fascinating combination of Fuller's deep scientific grounding and his philosophical and metaphysical way of looking at the world. The main thesis of the book is that humanity has been too shortsighted and siloed in its thinking and, as a result, we have lost the ability to s/5. R. Buckminster Fuller has 63 books on Goodreads with ratings. R. Buckminster Fuller’s most popular book is Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. of three of my grandfather Buckminster Fuller’s most important books, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, Utopia or Oblivion, and And It Came to Pass—Not to Stay. To be able to introduce his work to a new generation of concerned humans at this critical moment in.
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (Hardcover) Published September 1st by Amereon Limited. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): R. Buckminster Fuller. ISBN: X (ISBN ) Edition language: English. - R. Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, Rate it: Of course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society operates on the theory that specialization is the key to success, not realizing that specialization precludes comprehensive thinking. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth A Clarion book A touchstone book Volume of Pocket books: Author: R. Buckminster Fuller: Edition: reprint: Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects.
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth A source book for American culture in the s and s: “suggested reading” from the Last Whole Earth Catalog, from Thoreau to James Baldwin. R. Buckminster Fuller's Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, published in , imagines our species as a crew, united by a shared fate, on a tiny spaceship traveling through infinity. It can be read even today as the most intelligent metaphor for thinking about humankind on this planet. Initially published in , and one of Fuller’s most popular works, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is a brilliant synthesis of his world view. In this very accessible volume, Fuller investigates the great challenges facing humanity, and the principles for avoiding extinction and “exercising our option to make it.”.
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