Critical Path

By: R. Buckminster Fuller, Kiyoshi Kuromiya

Narrated by: Alister Austin

R. Buckminster Fuller is regarded as one of the most important figures of the 20th century, renowned for his achievements as an inventor, designer, architect, philosopher, mathematician, and dogged individualist. Perhaps best remembered for the Geodesic Dome and the term "Spaceship Earth", his work and his writings have had a profound impact on modern life and thought.

Critical Path is Fuller's master work - the summing up of a lifetime's thought and concern - as urgent and relevant as it was upon its first publication in 1981. Critical Path details how humanity found itself in its current situation - at the limits of the planet's natural resources and facing political, economic, environmental, and ethical crises.

The crowning achievement of an extraordinary career, Critical Path offers the listener the excitement of understanding the essential dilemmas of our time and how responsible citizens can rise to meet this ultimate challenge to our future.

©1981 R. Buckminster Fuller (P)2021 Upfront Books

a redo from an older book

long and drawn out. some chapters better than others and you can skip some

Abundance thinking

If you're a fan of abundance thinking it's a fascinating read! highly worth knowing what this man predicted is possible when we get out of our own way

Great Audio get the Book too

all in all a good listen. Fuller is Full of brilliant ideas. he is a humanist utopian idealist no doubt..but his ideas 💡 need to be implemented. yes!

Inspiring and odd

An uneven and eccentric survey of the life of a unique genius. You’re unlikely to read anything else quite like it, from the idiosyncratic prose style to the utopia cosmic conception of humankind to the awe-inspiring engineering designs.

Usually brilliant

Occasionally accurate predictions and extensive engineering experience in desperate need of an editor. This is a slog to complete. A dense writing style expressing simple ideas, frequently repeated as though for the first time throughout the book.
Like many smart guys in the '70s he thought a one-world government was imminent, and that people with no incentive to work hard mostly will.
Still, he was far ahead of his time in predicting the value of services like Khan academy and universal basic income.