Buckminster Fuller Quote. Sprouting Seed Postcard. "There is no Energy Crisis, Food Crisis or Environmental Crisis. This is Only a Crisis of Ignorance." Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (1895 – 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", ephemeralization, and synergetic. He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome. Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their resemblance to geodesic spheres. Buckminster Fuller was the second president of Mensa from 1974 to 1983. "Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them." --Bucky Fuller