Buckminster Fuller on an Economic System Based on Abundance not Scarcity

"We are powerfully imprisoned in these dark ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think." -Buckminster Fuller

Born July 12, 1895 Died July 1, 1983 (11 days shy of his 88th birthday). I wrote "age 88" because he was 87.97 years old, which is close enough to 88 for me (and you too, I hope).

"The model of all economics is nowhere nearly enough to go around. This is completely ignorant of what you can do with modern technology.  We have the option now to make it, to take care of all of humanity at a higher standard than anybody has ever known." ~R. Buckminster Fuller

Most inspiring two minutes, and really making a point for #abundance which we can as the human race make possible today. The tools to collaborate across boundaries in time, space, and discipline are there. h/t Steve for sharing this amazing interview!!!

The interviewer is the legendary Tim White of Sightings.

Abundance is not about providing everyone on this Planet with a Life of Luxury - rather it's about providing ALL WITH A LIFE OF #POSSIBILITIES. - Peter Diamandis, Visionary Author of 'Abundance' & 'Bold', Founder of Singularity University

Great short video. I found we need more short Bucky Fuller videos. Please add english captions if possible. Thanks

Bucky died in 1983 at age 88. The video says he is almost 90. So, my best guess is that the video was made in the early 1980's.

Happy Birthday, Bucky!

Abundance can be easily achieved , the monetary system controls the slavery system (deprivation l). The "needs" of the individual can never be met as the "needs" are a moving target. If you asked someone a century ago what their needs were you'd get a completely different answer if asked today , however , our true needs never changed. Love,health and freedom , none of it can be bought , none have a monetary value.

Yes the father to the Venus Project and the resource based economy.

Bucky Larson: Born to be a star!

With #Greece  constantly in the news, and not for the better (yet), worthwhile to rematch this short interview with "Bucky" h/t Steven Brant

I have a map that Bucky would have loved, I think! Do an image search for "Turil Life Earth Mission" to see it.

Jacques Fresco used some of Fuller's ideas, yes.

Does anyone know where one can find a transcript of this video? Is it an excerpt from a larger movie?

I used to think as this man, that we could increase quality of life globally; then I had an epiphany that ran parallel to Jevon's paradox posed in "The Coal Question" and a repeated experiment in the Khazzoom-Brookes postulate, and also elucidated in the "Tragedy of the Commons." If we increase quality of life for people who don't share the goal of sustainable living, they will simply out breed and consume more than those who would act responsibly. Effectively, the mere act of helping the unfortunate weakens the entirety of the outcome. "To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature; without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man." -John Locke

i use quotes from his canon liberally

What year was this?

Yes we can achieve it. But there is no motivation in capitalism to achieve this.