Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster Fuller's Self-Disciplines

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'A remarkable facet of this document is that he wrote it very early in his life, long before he became well-known.'
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I decided that Nature might support a man who was doing what Nature wanted to be done and concluded that I would be informed by Nature if I proceeded in the following manner:
1. Use myself as an experiment to see what, if anything, a healthy, young male human of average size,
experience, and capability with an economically dependent wife and new born child, starting without

You are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all of your experience to the highest advantage of others

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You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will remain forever a mystery to you, but you may assume you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all your experience to the highest advantage of others. - R. Buckminster Fuller

The Macrobiotic Genius of Walter Russell

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By John David Mann

Copyright 1989 John David Mann

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"The Times of July 21 [1930] contains an article stating
that Walter Russell challenges the Newtonian theory of
gravitation. This artist, who is admittedly not a scientist, goes
on to say that the fundamentals of science are so hopelessly
wrong and so contrary to nature, that nothing but a major

Dymaxion House Imagery

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Buckminster Fuller: Dymaxion House. Built out of Aluminum. Mass-manufactured. Totally Portable. Wind-Turbine installed. Automated pneumatic air-conditioning. Fog-Gun based Shower (Viktor Schauberger  water purification methods). Dymaxion Bathroom. Low weight. Can be mass-produced. Estimated mass-production cost 2500$.

Dymaxion House. Think about it. 

'Dymaxion house' facts and description

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Dymaxion house

[Category: 'Dymaxion house' facts and description]

The Dymaxion House was developed by inventor Buckminster Fuller (Buckminster Fuller: United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983))  to address several failures he perceived with existing homebuilding techniques.
Fuller designed several different versions of the house at different times, but they were factory manufactured kits, assembled on site, intended to be suitable for any site or environment and to use resources efficiently. One important design consideration was ease of shipment and assembly.

Dymaxion House - Henry Ford Exhibit FAQ

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Henry Ford Museum Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion House Exhibit


FAQ:

Why is the Dymaxion House made of aluminum?

This was the newest of the alloys at the time and was strong and light enough to be easily disassembled and moved. Bucky wanted his houses to be mass-produced, easily shipped, hygienic, and able to stand up to a Kansas tornado. Aluminum provided for all of these criteria and was already used on the aircraft assembly lines, allowing for easy transition after the war from airplane production to Dymaxion House production.
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