OPERATING MANUAL FOR SPACESHIP EARTH
- Author
- B. Fuller
- Year
- 1971
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth imagines humanity as the crew of a small, resource-limited spacecraft and asks how it can survive, arguing for a design-led revolution and more effective use of existing resources to end poverty.
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth imagines humanity as the crew of a small spacecraft, hurtling through the universe with a fixed store of resources and no instruction manual. In this accessible synthesis of his worldview, Buckminster Fuller asks how humanity can survive, how automation affects individual life, and how existing resources could be used more effectively to end poverty within a generation. He challenges the idea of specialization, calls for a design-led revolution, and lays out principles for steering the planet toward a sustainable future, mixing rigorous technical thinking with a broader philosophical outlook.
Credits: Fuller, B. (1971). OPERATING MANUAL FOR SPACESHIP EARTH. Nueva York, EEUU: E.P. Dutton & Co.
In the book
- Chapter 5, section 046 · Pioneers of Systemic Application in Design
- Chapter 6, section 058 · Structural Coupling: The Co-evolutionary Dance with the Environment
- Chapter 9, section 099 · Towards Conscientious, Liberatory, and Symbiotic Design Practice
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