It was first proposed by E.F. Schumacher, and often seconded by Buckminster Fuller, that we Think Globally, but Act Locally. This advise is not only intelligent, it is an absolute necessity […]
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”Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly right now.” -Buckminster Fuller
The Great Pirates
This morning’s author writes: In 1980, when I was twelve years old, R. Buckminster Fuller spent two days explaining his perception of reality to me and two other kids for […]
Continue readingSeeking a Definition of God
Timothy Wilken I have been doing a lot of reading and thinking about God recently. What is the role of God in Humanity’s future? It would seem that any serious […]
Continue readingWe Can All Win!
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15, April 1452 in the period of the renaissance. I have long felt it was proper to designate this day as Leonardo Day in […]
Continue readingInternet Gift Economies
From First Monday. Kylie J. Veale Although the Internet started humbly as an educational resource based on free personal and organisational sharing, it is today a mixed economy of free […]
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Timothy Wilken In response to my December 25th essay What’s wrong with Merry Christmas? a reader wrote asking: Are you a Christian? … I think that in the past I avoided […]
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Timothy Wilken Recently it has become politically incorrect to wish your fellow humans a Merry Christmas. We are supposed to use the generic term Happy Holidays to avoid religious discrimination […]
Continue readingWhat is Humanity’s Near Future?
In this transcript of his Global Vision video interview – a message in a bottle from 1983 – Buckminster Fuller talks about the revolutionary aspects of literacy and education, anticipating in […]
Continue readingWhat is the World Game?
Timothy Wilken Medard Gabel was the Director of World Game Institute, a nonprofit global education and research organization founded by Buckminster Fuller in 1972. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, this […]
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Korzybski with his discovery humanity’s power of time-binding, and his commitment to creating a truly human science (humanology), developed a powerful tool he called General Semantics. … Thanks again to […]
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