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The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

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Buckminster Fuller

Richard Buckminster (July 12, 1895-July 1, 1983) "Bucky" Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, and futurist. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", ephemeralization, and synergetic.

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  • David Allen
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    .... and we are sure having trouble steering it through the space-time continuum.
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Die Erde ist wie ein Raumschiff ohne Bedienungsanleitung.

la tierra es como una nave espacial que no viene con un manual de funcionamiento.

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