Vinay@leashless·Mar 30, 2017Next read his patents.Quote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 30, 2017Bucky Fuller's writing is like page after page of gleefully hypomanic good-natured shitposting punctuated by occasional tweet-sized gems.16
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 30, 2017Replying to @leashlesswhat are they like? I think I'm done after 1 book... might browse a few others for gestalt though4
@mwiik·Mar 30, 2017Replying to @vgr and @leashlessI enjoyed Critical Path & GRUNCH of Giants, but that was many years ago & those may be either dated or obvious by now11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 30, 2017Replying to @mwiik and @leashlessthe writing does sound like it would have been a breath of fresh air in the 1960s.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr @mwiik and @leashlessNow, perhaps partly due to his evangelism, that general philosophical orientation is basic within "californianism"3:02 PM · Mar 30, 20171 Like
@mwiik·Mar 30, 2017Replying to @vgr and @leashlessRecall he had poor vision, so when in elementary school other kids built blocks from toothpicks & peas, he made tetrahedrons11