The Man Who Recorded Everything
Buckminster Fuller was expelled from Harvard twice, went bankrupt, and in 1927 stood at the edge of Lake Michigan contemplating the end. Instead, he turned his life into an experiment: what could one broke, discredited person accomplish if he devoted everything to benefiting humanity? He began recording his life in fifteen-minute intervals — every letter, bill, sketch, scrap of thought. He kept it up until his death in 1983. The archive at Stanford measures 270 linear feet. They call it the most documented human life in history.
