Systemic Thinking

2 thoughts on “Buckminster Fuller

  1. ‘I feel that one of the reasons why we are struggling inadequately today is that we reckon our costs on too shortsighted a basis and are later overwhelmed with the unexpected costs brought about by our shortsightedness.’ (page 3, Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth, R. Buckminster Fuller, 1969 )

  2. ‘…but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society operates on the theory that specialization is the key to success, not realizing that specialization precludes comprehensive thinking.’ (page 3, Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth, R. Buckminster Fuller, 1969 )

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