Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity
Fuller, R. Buckminster. Bantam Books, 1969–71. Softbound. Illustrations by Wendel Allan Pugh. A collection of essays adapted from the lectures Fuller gave between 1964 and '65, comprising a thesis that rejects both Malthus and Darwin in asserting that humanity has reached a point where the basic needs of the entire global population could reasonably be met. The solution, Fuller says, is 'ephemeralization'—one among many of the philosopher/architect's neologisms—a concept that replaces scarcity mentality with the idea that technology will enable 'more and more with less and less until eventually, you can do everything with nothing.'
Four copies with tight spines; a couple may have slight slumps or cosmetic creasing. Some copies may have some markings to the front matter, but interiors are else clean and unmarked. All have light to moderate shelf-wear. Printings range from first to fourth. 363 pp. Mass-Market Paperbacks.
