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The Importance of Engineering in the Future
Buckminster Fuller was best known for having invented the Judasic Dome, which ultimately makes him the designer whose structures cover more land than anyone in history. He used to say things like relying on fossil fuels for our energy source is like using up your earth savings account when she has this beautiful income account. And he said, you know, it's kind of the equivalent of burning down the house to stay warm on a cold winter's night and that became his raison d'etre.