It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a 'higher standard of living than any have ever known.' It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival.
R. Buckminster FullerEverything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe.
R. Buckminster FullerMost of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
R. Buckminster FullerU.S. labor leaders will realize that automation can multiply man's wealth far more rapidly than it is multiplying at present and that automation will leave all men free to search and research... Realizing the direct competition with foreign industry on a straight labor basis will mean swiftly decreasing wages per hour and longer hours and decreasing buying power of the public.
R. Buckminster Fuller