45

TANMOY - Stanza 45

The age of curses,
a new way of thinking, a new way.


"Bucky goes in for structure,"1
"tensegrity," "synergy,"
"ephemeralization,"
"doing more with less."

ρ = m/V


"GRUNCH of Giants,"2 a looming threat,
"but we can choose another path, UBI"
"a world that works for 100% of humanity."3


"The Dymaxion Map,"4
a world without borders,
all connected, all as one.

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"And don't forget the Buckyballs,"5
"Shooksphere,"
"a hint of the universe's tragedy."

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"Don't Panic,"6
"the answer lingers."7
"But what's the question?"

^1 "Bucky goes in for structure": A paraphrased quote from Ezra Pound's *The Cantos*, highlighting Fuller's focus on structural integrity and design. The Cantos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cantos

^2 "GRUNCH of Giants": Buckminster Fuller: https://books.google.com/books/about/Grunch_of_Giants.html?id=549SAAAAMAAJ

^3 "a world that works for 100% of humanity": Buckminster Fuller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller

^4 "The Dymaxion Map": Buckminster Fuller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map

^5 "Buckyballs": Buckminster Fuller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene

^6 "Don't Panic": Douglas Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Don't_panic

^7 "the answer might just be 42": Douglas Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#The_Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything_(is_42)