Nearly
a century ago, a 32-year-old aspiring businessman stood on the
precipice of ending his life. Failing at everything he attempted, he
finally declared bankruptcy, and believed his wife and family would
be much better off without him. Before throwing himself into Lake
Michigan, a wild notion crossed his mind. It seemed like a waste to
throw away his life. Since he was going to end it anyway, why not
just donate his life to science? Why not give his life to the world
and live it as a scientific experiment?
This
eleventh hour epiphany gave this young man named Buckminster Fuller
another 55 years in which he went on to become a philosopher and
noted inventor, inventing the geodesic dome and the concept of
Spaceship Earth.
Taking
a cue from Bucky, maybe we are given our lives not just to live them,
but perhaps to donate them to the world in a grand “experiment of
one” to see if we can perhaps advance the world as well as the
lives of others around us.
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