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"In 1927 when people had occasion to ask me about my prognostications and I told them what I thought it would be appropriate to do about what I could see ahead for the 1950'S, 1960’s, and 1970’s people used to say to me, “Very amusing — you are a thousand years ahead of your time.” Having myself studied the increments in which we can think forwardly I was amazed at the ease with which the rest of society seemed to be able to see a thousand years ahead while I could see only one-fortieth of that time distance. As time went on people began to tell me that I was a hundred years ahead, and now they tell me that I’m a little behind the times." - R. Buckminster Fuller, "Operating Manual for…
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