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Knowing when and how to Gamble against Immutable Laws of Science
The picture above is that of a replica of the 1933 Dymaxion, a vehicle produced by a fella by name, Buckminster Fuller. Only three units of the Dymaxion ever were produced. All three units were commissioned, meaning Buckminster already had full payment prior to commencement of production of each custom built unit. Of the three units commissioned, two were totaled in accidents and one never was driven, only was used as sort of a showcase by the very rich guy who commissioned building of the vehicle. The lesson from the commissionings?
Some rich persons always are looking for fanciful things to do with money. Well then, why not on your fancy?
It pays to know rich people looking for fanciful things to do with money.
The moment I laid eyes on a picture of the Dymaxion, I knew the vehicle could not have been much of a success story. The rationale is straightforward. When a vehicle is that long, tapers from front to rear, and has only one tire in the rear, unless the vehicle takes bends at a crawl, a strategy that yet may fail in context of some extremely tight bends, the vehicle is designed to roll over — exactly the source of at the very least one of two accidents.
