“If The Club of Rome has any merit”, Aurelio Peccei liked to point out, “it is that of having been the first to rebel against the suicidal ignorance of the human condition.” Now—a half-century after The Club of Rome issued their warning—”sustainability” is a buzzword; does this mean that “suicidal ignorance” is of no concern, …
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Boldly Creating a World that Works for All
“Boldly creating a world that works for all” is the motto of the San Francisco Bay Area Future Salon, where I gave my last lecture before leaving the United States, on May 26th, the evening before my flight back to Norway. “I will invite the Future Salon members to a bit of meta-thinking and meta-design,” …
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Holoscope for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge
When he foresaw the end of scarcity, Buckminster Fuller had in mind not only the elimination of poverty, but also of scarcity-based competition, which continues to mark the political and social climate we live in. In March 1969 Fuller spoke to the US Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations about his “World Game” proposal, which he …
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