> At a low point in his life at age 32, when considering suicide, Fuller reviewed his Chronofile to that date and concluded that he had been most effective when his efforts were on the behalf of others and resolved to focus his future work toward "all humanity".

Additionally, he later concluded that the tool of politics was a total waste of time to do that work. He then focused solely on science and design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_science_revolution

https://archive.org/details/operatingmanualforspaceshipearth...