Fuller's theory was based on both the efficient use of space and the efficient, renewable production and distribution of resources: >In technology's "invisible

Fuller's theory was based on both the efficient use of space and the efficient, renewable production and distribution of resources: >In technology's "invisible" world, inventors continually increase the quantity and quality of performed work per each volume or pound of material, erg of energy, and unit of worker and "overhead" time invested in each given increment of attained functional performance. This complex process we call progressive ephemeralization. In 1970, the sum total of increases in overall technological know-how and their comprehensive integration took humanity across the epochal but invisible threshold into a state of technically realizable and economically feasible universal success for all humanity -Grunch of Giants >but a child born in a first-world country will use something like 800x the resources of a child born in a third-world country. Clearly a higher and more equitable standard of living for everyone is desirable, but we also need to figure out how to cut way back on resource usage at the same time. The Fuller house was an example of how to cut back on that higher resource usage by using intelligent architecture and design. It is important to cut back resource usage in many areas. It is likewise important to cut back on resource waste (the resources that goes unused). Most importantly, the surplus of food, water, and shelter that goes wasted every year which nearly half of the world's population struggles to obtain. Effectively distributing this waste could go a long ways to ending war, violence, mental illness, disease, substance abuse, and a whole host of other problems.