43 pointsby simonebrunozzi3 hours ago10 comments
  • bradly2 hours ago
    For those unfamiliar with Bucky, I highly recommend his book Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Its a short, light read. He has a really interesting take on technology’s role in pirates and he was a firm believer that there is enough resources for everyone. He even talks about the US’s vulnerability to an attack on its water system.

    https://archive.org/details/operatingmanualforspaceshipearth...

  • situationista2 hours ago
    Towards the end of his life, Bucky had achieved rock star status and his lectures filled stadiums in all corners of the world. At age 88, he twice circumnavigated the globe to give nonstop addresses. And they weren't short - his talks routinely lasted between three and four hours without breaks. Truly a remarkable character.
  • gxdan hour ago
    Shameless plug: Buckminster Fuller has a (not so small) cameo in my game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040110/Outsider/

    :)

  • detourdog2 hours ago
    I have tried to listen to the whole thing but I have barely made a third through. I used to watch it but n archive.org and the audio wasn’t great.

    Currently on mobile and the videos aren’t available to hear the audio quality. Just tried on a laptop and the video is not available.

    • amelius24 minutes ago
      Apparently there are transcriptions.
  • 2 hours ago
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  • msephton2 hours ago
    Am I understanding correctly that around 1997 a single person transcribed 42 hours of recordings? Wild and impressive. I wonder how long it took them?

    Modern tools would likely do it in 42 minutes?

    • lordleft2 hours ago
      While 42 minutes would be hard to beat, I think that stenography was and remains a highly mature and impressive skillset.
    • amelius23 minutes ago
      Maybe those modern tools could be used to clean up the audio and video?
    • Cthulhu_2 hours ago
      I'm transcribing more than 42 hours of meetings and designs into software code; work is work. It's tedious and repetitive maybe but there's always people really into that kind of thing.
    • detourdog2 hours ago
      That’s what foundations are for. Transcription used to be a human job just like computers.
      • StilesCrisis2 hours ago
        It still is, if you want a correct transcription and not just a plausible one!
  • canadiantim27 minutes ago
    I quite like the traingular-tiled graphic of buckminster fuller in the hero section, and that hover highlights the tiles. All very buckminster fuller-y!
  • dr_dshiv42 minutes ago
    Is there an MCP?