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The Kindle is a beautiful example of the phenomenon visionary architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller called "ephemeralization," in which human societies use fewer raw materials to accomplish tasks as they grow more advanced.
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DE: A core principle of simplicity discussed in my book is "ephemeralization" which means to progressively lighten the impact of our lives on the ecology and at the same time to progressively do ever more with ever less.
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit Jen Boynton 2010
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Fuller talked about the "ephemeralization" of stuff-the things you need will get lighter and less massive, smaller, etc. Including communications, for instance, or power generation.
WordPress.com News theorytopractice 2009
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It's what Bucky Fuller called "ephemeralization", the substitution of design information for material and energy costs.
Armed and Dangerous 2008
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Buckminster Fuller, of geodesic dome fame, forecast the trend toward ephemeralization (less material required for greater benefit).
How Economic Downturn Can be a Driving Force for Sustainability | Inhabitat 2010
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If I had to make a bet on which company would define the ephemeralization era, it would be Amazon and not Facebook.
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Facebook, with 500 million members worldwide, might be the most vivid illustration of ephemeralization -- a large and growing business that, apart from a few server farms and a few cubicle farms, has few tangible assets -- and it has recently teamed up with Amazon to make Amazon's recommendations more "social."
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Despite the ravaging effects of high unemployment, the ephemeralization of the economy continues unabated.
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Synergetics, dymaxion designs and ephemeralization are just a few of the mystifying concepts that might blow your mind during "R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe."
On stage in May 2010
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Synergetics, dymaxion designs and ephemeralization are just a few of the mystifying concepts that might blow your mind during "R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe."
On stage in May 2010
whichbe commented on the word ephemeralization
A term coined by R. Buckminster Fuller. It refers to the ability of people to use technological advances to continuously do more with less. Fuller’s vision was that ephemeralization will result in ever increasing standards of living for an ever growing population despite finite resources. (Wikipedia)
Has this been disproven?
June 3, 2008
seanahan commented on the word ephemeralization
What do you mean? I think the standard of living is going up in most of the "first world" countries. Now, the third world countries which don't have technology have much lower standards of living.
June 4, 2008