Richard Buckminster Fuller‘s Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is an optimistically philosophical musing on mankind’s chances of survival, believing that our industry will see us through if we manage to unlock our potential and steer away from our destructive tendencies. The author – an American architect, systems theorist and designer – warns that Earth’s resources are finite, and because it is our vehicle carrying us through the vastness of space, we should care for it like we would a treasured car or other possession. And this, he says, requires a huge attitude shift in favour of environmentalism, sustainability and real acknowledgement of, and actions to resolve, the existential threats facing our planet today.
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Richard Buckminster Fuller‘s Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is an optimistically philosophical musing on mankind’s chances of survival, believing that our industry will see us through if we manage to unlock our potential and steer away from our destructive tendencies. The author – an American architect, systems theorist and designer – warns that Earth’s resources are finite, and because it is our vehicle carrying us through the vastness of space, we should care for it like we would a treasured car or other possession. And this, he says, requires a huge attitude shift in favour of environmentalism, sustainability and real acknowledgement of, and actions to resolve, the existential threats facing our planet today.