Buckminster Fuller believed in fixing issues by design. The truth is, he believed that each one the issues, massive and small, dealing with Spaceship Earth—the time period he coined for our planet—could possibly be solved by nice minds, if solely politicians obtained out of the way in which. For the futurist problem-solvers of the twentieth century, Fuller was a touchstone, dreaming up innovations just like the prefabricated Dymaxion Home to handle the world’s housing shortages.
Ever the optimist, ever the outsider, Fuller by no means bored with attempting to drag humanity towards a greater future. Alec Nevala-Lee’s authoritative biography, “Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Lifetime of Buckminster Fuller” tells Fuller’s story in higher element than ever. Mr. Nevala-Lee, a sci-fi novelist who has additionally written extensively about that style, dwells at size on Fuller’s innovations and modern ideas. However his true curiosity appears to be in wanting past Fuller the parable to Fuller the person. This biography takes the reader on a protracted and arduous journey, accompanying Fuller as he tirelessly dives into new ventures supposed to alter the world, by no means managing to make them commercially profitable.
