No More Secondhand God: And Other Writings

by R. Buckminster Fuller

Book by R Buckminster Fuller

Genres: Poetry

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1963

About the author

Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor.

Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", ephemeralization, and synergetic. He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome. Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres.

Buckminster Fuller was the second president of Mensa from 1974 to 1983.

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was so iinfluenced in my 20s by Bucky because he worked to understand the next level up.

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recall trying to read this when I was 20- thinking I needed to keep up with some college mates in our drunken debates. How dense it was. How much I needed to learn to even begin to grasp. I had set it aside for almost 15 years now. I must tell you this book is inspiring. It inspires both understanding and action. Hopefully not too futilistic..... The poetry is the right form for the conveying of these concepts. The entire map of these ideas can get much clearer- but as a scout heads out into the unknown, Fuller wasn't necessarily able the uncharted. It is a dense, beautiful book- with timely and timeless concepts.

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of his writing makes me optimistic, since he is so often optimistic, about what humans can achieve through the intellect. And then other times, it just reads like the writing of a crank. This book is a fairly even mix of the two.

[Declan · Rating 2 out of 5]

the rantings of a mad man , entertaining none theless

[Yosef Tovshteyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting book on big picture and imaginative stuff. Five stars mainly for the first half of the book “No More Second Hand God.” He talks about direct democracy through handheld tv stations. And he talks about a scientific god. It’s written in prosy poetry. The later technical chapters weren’t as cool, but we’re still kinda fun.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is in my top three of all books of all time.
It's simultaneously plans for structuring society or industry and the best poetry ever written.
Utterly inspiring and astonishing all at once.