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Old 08-15-2018, 02:47 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler
We also knew about "The Limits To Growth" in 1972. And were also unable to implement any social change.
R. Buckminster Fuller published Utopia or Oblivion in 1969. He spoke about humankind exiting a period of 'permitted ignorance' and a Design Science Revolution that would make everyone wealthier (by his definition) than the richest today.

Else, you know, Copper-tops.

Also Ernest Callenbach published Ecotopia in 1975. I met him once at Cerro Gordo.
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