For those unfamiliar with Bucky, I highly recommend his book Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Its a short, light read. He has a really interesting take on technology’s role in pirates and he was a firm believer that there is enough resources for everyone. He even talks about the US’s vulnerability to an attack on its water system.
Towards the end of his life, Bucky had achieved rock star status and his lectures filled stadiums in all corners of the world. At age 88, he twice circumnavigated the globe to give nonstop addresses. And they weren't short - his talks routinely lasted between three and four hours without breaks. Truly a remarkable character.
I'm transcribing more than 42 hours of meetings and designs into software code; work is work. It's tedious and repetitive maybe but there's always people really into that kind of thing.
For those unfamiliar with Bucky, I highly recommend his book Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Its a short, light read. He has a really interesting take on technology’s role in pirates and he was a firm believer that there is enough resources for everyone. He even talks about the US’s vulnerability to an attack on its water system.
https://archive.org/details/operatingmanualforspaceshipearth...
Shameless plug: Buckminster Fuller has a (not so small) cameo in my game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040110/Outsider/
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Towards the end of his life, Bucky had achieved rock star status and his lectures filled stadiums in all corners of the world. At age 88, he twice circumnavigated the globe to give nonstop addresses. And they weren't short - his talks routinely lasted between three and four hours without breaks. Truly a remarkable character.
Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene
I saw Thinking Out Loud at a film festival when it was released in 1996 and it really made an impression on me. The 90 minute documentary can be found here: https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/buckminster-fuller-thin...
Easier to digest than 42 hours.
Am I understanding correctly that around 1997 a single person transcribed 42 hours of recordings? Wild and impressive. I wonder how long it took them?
Modern tools would likely do it in 42 minutes?
While 42 minutes would be hard to beat, I think that stenography was and remains a highly mature and impressive skillset.
I'm transcribing more than 42 hours of meetings and designs into software code; work is work. It's tedious and repetitive maybe but there's always people really into that kind of thing.
That’s what foundations are for. Transcription used to be a human job just like computers.
It still is, if you want a correct transcription and not just a plausible one!
I have tried to listen to the whole thing but I have barely made a third through. I used to watch it but n archive.org and the audio wasn’t great.
Currently on mobile and the videos aren’t available to hear the audio quality. Just tried on a laptop and the video is not available.