humanitarian or cold-hearted technocrat — The value of a man?
[Admittedly to call the below thread distilled wisdom is pushing it. Maybe I will think up some way to edit it down into some pithy conclusion, but not today, sorry. Perhaps you like this lengthly discussion? E-mail me with commentary.] [From Gerry Segal] Some of R.B.Fuller’s actions especially regarding the invention of tensegrity structures and his involvement with Werner Erhardt, EST and World Hunger project do not say much about the man. It’s his ideas, and through his ideas his hope for people that become important. I.B. Singer, the Nobel Laureate writer once asked if he would like to meet and talk with Leo Tolstoy said That while he read every word of Tolstoy he wouldn’t cross the street to talk with him. His human failings might destroy the ideas he placed in his mind. [From Alex Soojung-Kim Pang] Gerry Segal points to what I think is an important question in evaluating Fuller’s life and the value of his work. Having concentrated much of my attention on Fuller’s inventive activi
