There ’s something jarring about hearing one-time interviews of legendary futurist Buckminster Fuller . He speaks at a rapid stride , like each word is race to get out before the next . But both Fuller ’s style and his ego - assuredness make it voiceless not to get swept up in his unbridled optimism about the future of technology — particularly in thisnew animated videocreated from audio audience transmit by Studs Terkel in1965 and 1970 .
Yes , the short film seem to be buy at by Squarespace , but even if it ’s a thinly veiled advertizement for building your own website ( which I guessit kind of is ) it ’s still worth six minutes of your time .
Fuller talks about everything from image the world through his child ’s eyes to how we might achieve weather control one day . And it all has an air of optimism that ’s downright infective , even for dye in the wool cynic like myself .
Fuller : I recall in Chicago wheeling my little child in her baby carriage in Lincoln Park . I was amazed , because a small biplane went over Lincoln Park . Airplanes were not very common in those sidereal day . I said , “ Is n’t it awful . Here ’s my child calculate up at that aeroplane and that plane in the sky is as natural to her as a bird . ” Because when I was support , the aeroplane did not exist . It was really the start of the first of out of the question things happen .
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