I recently visited a retrospective at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art that was devoted to the life, work, and thought of Buckminster Fuller, the man who invented the geodesic dome and was–once upon a time–famous enough to have made the cover of Time and been profiled in The New Yorker. Fuller isn’t nearly so well known today, but he has his fair share of passionate devotees, and in my “Sightings” column in tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal I take a skeptical look at the sources of their undiminished passion.
Exactly what was it about this self-styled “comprehensive anticipatory design scientist” that made so many people so sure that he knew the secret of peace, love, and understanding? For the answer, pick up a copy of Saturday’s Journal and see what I have to say.
UPDATE: Read the whole thing here.
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
