Worth noting that the time frame this was published (1975) was just at the point in history that some (such as Peter Thiel) argue was the end of the rapid techn

Worth noting that the time frame this was published (1975) was just at the point in history that some (such as Peter Thiel) argue was the end of the rapid technological progress of the 20th century. It might be easy to conceive of a society supported by a technocratic few when looking back at a period of uninterrupted innovation and growth, but I wonder if Fuller would feel the same today when looking back on roughly 50 years of (relative) scientific stagnation (at least in some fields).