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Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller was one of our world's first futurists and global thinkers. His 1927 decision to work always and only for all humanity led him to address the largest global problems. He realized early on that by examining global problems in the context of the whole system-the whole planet-he would have the best chance of identifying large-scale trends that would allow him to anticipate the critical needs of humanity.
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Design Science
Design Science is an approach to solving problems developed by Buckminster Fuller. It's an approach that informs the basis of our entry criteria. In the words of Buckminster Fuller, Design Science is "effective application of the principles of science to the conscious design of our total environment in order to help make the Earth's finite resources meet the needs of all humanity without disrupting the ecological processes of the planet."
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Trimtab
Trimtabs are small steering devices used on ships and airplanes which demonstrate how relatively small amounts of leverage, energy, and resources strategically applied at the right time and place can produce maximum advantageous change. In design science, the trimtab metaphor is used to describe an artifact, or system, specifically designed and placed in the environment at such a time, in such a place, where its effects would be maximized, thereby effecting the most advantageous change with the least resources, time and energy. Doing more with less. Buckminster Fuller often describe himself as a trimtab and had "Call me Trimtab" inscribed on his grave.
