Tools for Changing the World

Built on the life and work of Buckminster Fuller, the book organizes itself around three Fuller quotes that encapsulate the role, challenge, and method of design science as a way of creating desired futures.

Core structure

• Dedication
• The challenge
• The method
• In summary
• STARTING UP: FRAMES OF REFERENCE

Main ideas

• This book would not be possible without the life and work of Buckminster Fuller
• Three quotes by Buckminster Fuller encapsulate the role, challenge, and method of design science — and the organization of this book
• "How do we make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, with the least amount of resources and ecological impact, through spontaneous cooperation, without the disadvantage of anyone?"
• "You never change things by fighting the existing reality..."
• Design science is a methodology for creating desired futures

Why it matters

The three Fuller quotes encapsulate the role, challenge, and method of design science and supply the organizing logic of the book. It presents design science as a practical methodology for making the world work for everyone.

Sources

• tools_for_changing_the_world/ — book project directory (repo-local source tree)
• tools_for_changing_the_world/index.md — book project index