US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

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Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
Of course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society operates on the theory that specialization is the key to success, not realizing that specialization precludes comprehensive thinking.

Missing a quote of R. Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1963?

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