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October 07, 2005
(Uncle) Buck
Geodesic domes are the most ridiculous looking structures ever concieved. Fuller seems to write like a megalomaniacal fanatic. But Fuller's concepts are interesting, if heady and sensationalized. The sociological theory behind his concepts are more interesting than the actual science - to me. We live in an era that focuses on both ends of the spectum - a necesary dichotomy - between compression and tension. Previous to the recent past, compression was dominant. But compression married with tension makes for a much greater force. Fuller gathers that the world is still controlled by the past way of thought, even if the methods are modern. The old systems remain - even if only as a shallow structure around which ideas are learned. It seems fuller remains on the same subjects through the majority of his discourse - human obsession with past paradigms, himself, and his domes. Structural integrity can only bring a form so far. Other factors do exist, of which Fuller makes little mention.
Posted by alex at October 7, 2005 01:42 AM