Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. — Buckminster Fuller. American philosopher, architect and inventor (1895–1983) , R. Buckminster Fuller. American philosopher, architect and inventor (1895–1983) Miscellaneous, Technology
Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
If I ran a school, I'd give the average grade to the ones who gave me all the right answers, for being good parrots. I'd give the top grades to those who made a lot of mistakes and told me about them, and then told me what they learned from them.