The philosophy of buckminster fuller
A World that Works for Everyone.
In the 1960’s Buckminster Fuller proposed a “great logistics game” and “world peace game” (later shortened to simply, the “World Game”) that was intended to be a tool that would facilitate a comprehensive, anticipatory, design science approach to the problems of the world.
Playing the Infinite/World Game
“If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do... How would I be? What would I do?
How can we make the world work for 100% of all humanity, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological harm or to the disadvantage of anyone.”
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Facilitated by
Phil Moore and Supriya Kini
In these 4 sessions, Phil shares with us his time with Bucky as he’s lovingly called and the paradigm shifts experienced through this work.
We will together be exploring the values of what it means to be Infinite/World Game Players and how we can live/create a new paradigm right from where we find ourselves now.
We hope you will join and play with us!
tuesdays, apr 26th - may 17th 2022 - 4 sessions
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
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Anticipatory design scientist Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about.
you belong to the universe You don’t belong to you. You belong to the Universe and you’re here to serve. The significance of you will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all you experience to highest advantage to others.
what the world needs Humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly. Make the world work, for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.
invest in bondsWe are all here for one another and that every experience that everyone is having is relevant. It all counts. The Universe is so extraordinarily well designed that it needs all those experiences. When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually. You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.
Featured
SONGS SUNG IN THE SESSIONS
Phil Moore
movin’ on by leonard cohen
To Be One (Sh'ma) by Billy Jonas
THis PRETTY PLANET by tom chapin
FOREVER YOUNG by bob dylan
A VISION - A JOURNEY
Session 4 - Glimpses into how a journey began with a vision held by one man and continues to be carried/lived by all who were/are sparked by it.
“I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process – an integral function of the universe.”
― R. Buckminster Fuller