For better or worse, his writing style is dense, and somewhat self-referential, as he builds and reuses a custom linguistic-metaphorical concept-stack. While he doesn't speak quite that densely, the voice and technique remains pretty similar (and as much as I'm a fan, I must admit that his elocution isn't particularly compelling, although perhaps I'm biased by the poor quality of many recordings).

I would humbly advocate pushing through regardless, as I found the material to be profound; I'd also suggest "Synergetics" [0], which employs a similar style, but is much more STEM-oriented than the "Spaceship Earth" quasi-narrative. But having said that, I don't blame anyone who finds the style too tedious; I have a similar experience every time I try to read 18th/19th-century political economy (Smith + Marx).

[0] https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/03/08/buckminster-fuller-...