From leading philosopher Roman Krznaric , an urgent call to save ourselves and our planet by getting to the root of the current crisis--society\'s extreme short-sightedness When Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, he refused to patent it--forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved.
In The Good Ancestor , Krznaric reveals six practical ways we can retrain our brains to think of the long view and to shift our allegiance from this generation to all humanity--to save our planet and our future..
But at the heart of all these changes is one we can enact within ourselves: We must trade shortsightedness for Long-Term thinking.
The urgent struggle for intergenerational justice calls for hugely ambitious solutions, from rewiring our growth-at-all-costs economy to giving voters of future generations a voice in our democracies.
Yet Krznaric sees reason to hope.
His Radical generosity to future generations should inspire us, but leading philosopher Roman Krznaric sees the opposite happening: Our short-term, exploitative mindsets have "colonized the future," leaving an inexcusable chasm between the haves and have-nots--and mounting existential threats--that have brought our species to the precipice of disaster.
From leading philosopher Roman Krznaric , an urgent call to save ourselves and our planet by getting to the root of the current crisis--society\'s extreme short-sightedness When Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, he refused to patent it--forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved
