Living Non-Linear

Buckminster Fuller lived in his own world, which was beautiful and genius, however, it seemed to not have punctured the human mindset for quite awhile. His inventive and interesting ideas were not 'attractive' enough for humans to accept this interconnected mindset into their linear short-term, short-lived world.

The World of Buckminster Fuller portrayed Fuller exactly how a genius should be portrayed, speaking of his ideas with an awareness of his surroundings (putting him in a field was actually a 'natural' thing to do). Fuller's explanations of the visual in the documentary most likely confused people who could not or would not follow. However, he challenged this laziness and dug deeper into another world within his mind. He obviously was inspired by things in his environment that he did not himself create and yet he put them together to create a mindset he says we have not yet recognized but that has always been there. So, in a way he resembles Les Paul by bringing what is in front of him together and creating something, whether a new sound or a new mindset.

It is one's responsibility as a human being, as a citizen of the world, of a certain community, as a member of a family to do what is needed to better that group. The necessity of something, however, is determined by the individual and how it impacts those others in the group. Knowledge is power and Fuller's mention of literacy and its role in the the democratizing power of radio and new technology makes it easier to do what you like to do rather than something you are told to do. Technology is fulfilling Fuller's vision in a way doing more with less through advancements in sustainable agriculture, renewable energy use, less gadgets doing more and becoming smaller, making our lives less cluttered, and less polluted as a result.

Fuller would embrace the new technology because in a way he helped with the original creation of them.








check out the documentary~ also if you can find videos; "Eccentricty of Life", and "Fuller on Death"