14 About the Author

1L. Steven Sieden has been a student of and advocate for Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller since 1981 when Steven spent three months on a beach studying Critical Path. He worked on Fuller’s Integrity Days—the last series of public appearances Fuller made, and when Fuller died in July 1983, Steven began working with The Buckminster Fuller Institute to produce events using a portion of Fuller’s vast recorded archive. He also began learning more about Fuller’s life and ideas, and his research led to the 1988 biography, Buckminster Fuller’s Universe (currently Basic Books 2000).

2 Since 1981, Steven has continued to study and apply Fuller’s wisdom to his own life while writing and lecturing on the lessons we can all learn from Bucky. Following a major ‘‘heart initiation’’ (a.k.a. quadruple bypass open heart surgery), Steven had his own epiphany and got the message that Fuller’s ideas needed to be spread more fully, especially among the younger generations. Thus, the impetus for A Fuller View and the volumes to follow.

3 Steven lives in Seattle, Washington, on planet Earth where he continues to receive ‘‘downloads’’ of Buckminster Fuller insights and support while connecting with and supporting others who have access to Fuller’s wisdom and experience. For more information go to www.BuckyFullerNow.com or www.BuckminsterFullerNow.com.

4Author photo by Lori Davis-Sandoval, www.LakeUnionRecording.com

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70 Buckminster ‘‘Bucky’’ Fuller provided insightful design science solutions to our most challenging issues, including war, overpopulation, housing, increasing inflation, health care, the energy crisis, and much more. Open this book to any page and you will find an inspiring quotation and an explanation that makes it more understandable. Exploring many of Fuller’s profound insights, Gary Zukav, John Robbins, Lynne Twist, Barbara Marx Hubbard, and many other innovators, thinkers, and authors add their voices to Buckminster Fuller researcher L. Steven Sieden’s. Together, they amplify Fuller’s voice as it calls upon each of us to shift our intellectual and technological resources from creating weaponry to creating livingry.

71”Buckminster Fuller was one of those world historic geniuses who
reminded us of the extraordinary things that are possible and inspires all
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76 —Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple

77L. Steven Sieden is a recognized expert on the life and work of Buckminster Fuller and is the author of Buckminster Fuller’s Universe. He continues to share Bucky’s vision through his writing and speaking engagements. For more information go to www.BuckyFullerNow.com.

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