Product Description

In the form of a modern allegory, Buckminster Fuller traces the evolution of the multinational giants from the post-World War II military-industrial complex to the current army of abstract legal entities known as the corporate world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #876802 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03
• Formats: Abridged, Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 5
• Binding: Audio CD

About the Author
Buckminster Fuller has had a profound influence on our modern society as the godfather of environmental and ecological awareness and practice. A philosopher, inventor, and one of the boldest innovators of the 20th century, he is known as the designer of the Dymaxion House, Car, and Map, the Geodesic Dome, and the World Game. As a mathematician he is recognized as the discoverer of Synergetics, and it was he who coined the term Spaceship Earth. He is also the author of over two dozen books

Customer Reviews

Good introduction to Fuller's ideas
This audio collection is really a live taped conference called an "integrity day". These were lectures in which Bucky explained his logical perspective on Universe, and man's role in it. Its approx. 5 hours long, and contained on 5 discs. I feel its a decent summarization of all that Bucky had learned up to that point.

This collection was taped just months before Bucky passed away and therefore his speaking abilities are somewhat diminished. Though for a man in his mid 80's he's still quite lucid in this recording.

I give it 4 stars because the content is quite interesting and serves as a good introduction. The recording itself is of very poor quality. There is noticable distortion and jack interference. All in all you can still enjoy whats being said, but the recording doesn't help much.

Its a 5 hour recording of one day in the life of Fuller, nothing more, nothing less. If your interested Fuller's ideas, this is a good way to dive in.

Terrible audo
This lecture is full of worthwhile information, unfortunately the audio quality is so terrible, the microphone isn't working correctly, that it is almost impossible to hear what he is saying. On top of this his speech is slurred due to his age. I doubt that Bucky would have found this product to have any integrity. The producers really should have a statement advising people that the quality is terrible. Buy one of his books, but don't waste money on this CD.

Brilliant content, Terrible recording quality
Having listened in great detail to hundreds if not thousands of hours of Bucky speaking while writing my book "Buckminster Fuller's Universe", I can say that Bucky does deliver his "basic message," but you have to get through the poor quality recording to get the message. Still, this was one of the last such messages that he delivered, and it does offer hope for humankind as well as each of us as individuals.

Since I know of no other such recorded material available to the general public (a huge omission on behalf of us all), I would actually recommend doing what it takes to hear the message. Also, feel free to skip over all other speakers as they have little to offer and consider reading "Buckminster Fuller's Universe" to get an easily understandable view of the man, his wisdom and his experience. There are many solutions to our "modern problems" in what he was saying and doing decades ago.