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#roadnottaken — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Buckmister Fuller's thoughts in 1917 that "we actually had the possibility of doing so much with so little and might be able to take care of all humanity at the highest standard of living anyone has ever experienced, and to do it by 1985. And if we did that, the whole raison d'etre of war would disappear."

    Quoted in "R. Buckminster Fuller : an autobiographical monologue/scenario"

    #BuckminsterFuller #RoadNotTaken #Malthus

  2. I shall be telling this with a sigh
    Somewhere ages and ages hence:
    Two roads diverged in (fig. 4), and I—

    I took the one less traveled by,

    And that has made all the difference.

    #evolution #invertebrates #combJelly #RoadNotTaken

    with NO apologies to Robert Frost
    (Image source: mbari.org/news/genetic-researc)