R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

R. Buckminster Fuller

Biography

Author Profession: Inventor

Nationality: American

Born: July 12, 1895

Died: July 1, 1983

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Thomas A. Edison, Orville Wright, Charles Kettering, Jacque Fresco, Ray Kurzweil, Gary Gygax, Walter Chrysler, George Eastman

Topics

Acquiring, Humanity, Reasons, Right, Technology, Wrong, Wrong Reasons

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