Fuller's Design Philosophy

Course Progress

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Ephemeralization

Doing More With Less

Fuller's principle that technological progress enables us to do "more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing." It's about radical efficiency through innovation.

KEY CONCEPT

Technological advancement = Increasing efficiency of resource utilization

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES:

Communication: Telegraph → Telephone → Internet → Wireless (less wire, more reach)

Computing: Room-sized computers → Smartphones (10^9x more powerful, 10^6x smaller)

Transportation: 50 mpg → 500 mpg possible with design science

Fuller's Design Philosophy

Course Progress

Ephemeralization

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