When I was a young adult I had the amazing good fortune to meet and hang out with Buckminster Fuller for a few days. He had a profound influence on me, which, in retrospect, has greatly influenced my career. He referred to himself as a “Comprehensive Generalist,” as he felt that over-specialization of a species (or a skill set) led to extinction. I saw that this generalist approach led him to have a rich and successful life, and I emulated him from that day forward, starting with becoming a staff member of the Buckminster Fuller Institute after his passing in 1983.