You Belong to the Universe
Author | : Jonathon Keats |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199338238 |
ISBN-13 | : 019933823X |
Rating | : 4/5 (23X Downloads) |
Download or read book You Belong to the Universe written by Jonathon Keats and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A self-professed "comprehensive anticipatory design scientist," the inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was undoubtedly a visionary and his creations often bordered on the realm of science fiction. You Belong to the Universe documents Fuller's six-decade quest to "make the world work for one hundred percent of humanity." Critic and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats sets out to revive Fuller's unconventional practice of comprehensive anticipatory design, placing Fuller's philosophy in a modern context and dispelling much of the mythology surrounding Fuller's life. Keats argues that Fuller's life and ideas, namely doing "the most with the least," are now more relevant than ever as humanity struggles to meet the demands of an exploding world population with finite resources.