About this episode
Makoto Shibuya narrates a story exemplifying Buckminster Fuller's design philosophy regarding incentives and environmental change.
Makoto Shibuya narrates a story exemplifying Buckminster Fuller's design philosophy. People do not respond to orders, but they will follow their incentives. The story about the wasp and the window is a timely metaphor showing how Satoshi Nakamoto followed Fuller's design philosophy when sharing the Bitcoin network with the world.
People in this episode
Host: Makoto Shibuya
Topics covered
- design philosophy
- incentives
- Bitcoin
- Buckminster Fuller
- metaphor
- environment
Keywords
- Buckminster Fuller
- incentives
- Bitcoin
- design philosophy
- environment
- wasp
- metaphor
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Books & works: Bitcoin
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