Grunch of Giants

. 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

. About the Author Buckminster Fuller has had a profound influence on our modern society as the godfather of environmental and ecological awareness and practice. As a mathematician he is recognized as the discoverer of Synergetics, and it was he who coined the term Spaceship Earth. He is the author of over two dozen books. 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

jethro said Grunch of Giants. I think the book is really a comprehensive accounts of human history. it teaches how we got in our present complex situation. the book does not suggest what to do in a complex economy. however, every lines you read mean something between the lines. what i like the most is that you can have some other readings like its company the critical path. you can put down the book and think it through and figure out the fragmented dots or pieces from other readings. you can relate it with today's headlines. the books seems to show some patterns and emergent trends.one thing also for a newcomer of the books of bukcminster-it needs . Thin book, tough to read, a lot of big words Thin book, tough to read, a lot of big wordsThe book is largely about the military industrial complex, and is overall very much a great read for anyone familiar with Buckmister Fuller. Concepts in this book and the term GRUNCH are frequently referred to in my casual conversations when I get dragged into political conversations. I still have it on my shelf, it is a permanent resident there.. Grunch of Giants Fantastic information on how the human mind works. Buckminister Fuller was and remains a genius unknown and not so popular he unveils our money system its flaws and soon to come collapse. Anyone wishing to know how others could be trillionaires and billions be mired in squalor and poverty this book is a must read.LMukwakwami [][]

Buckminster Fuller. This book is a modern allegory - his long-gestated myth-of the villainy of capitalism and the fecklessness of classic economics. Grunch of Giants portrays the rising of multinational corporations in the paradoxical role of function both as the epitome of capitalistic selfishness and as the inadvertent vehicle for the dissolution of national political boundaries - the last deterrent to a one-world economy.The result is more subversive of the property and profit values of the capitalist system than anything dreamed of since Karl Marx.—E.J. In fact, he has long argued that future historians of our era may subsume our business practices as a branch of mythology; thus it is not surprising that the word economic appears nowhere in his text.Fuller’s myth is no idle fairy tale, since he faces his question - the question of a technological imperative which only he could raise with the deadly seriousness of satire. THat question is: Can our system of national political sovereignties and corporate profits survive the inevitable technology revolution require to o