54 The Good Ancestor: Following the Intergenerational Golden Rule
How often do you think about the effect of your actions today on the wellbeing of future generations? What do we owe our children's children? Are we capable of responsibly delivering on that debt? Philosopher Roman Krznaric explored these questions in the book, The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking. Krznaric thinks we do, and we can: "...humankind has always had the innate ability to plan for posterity and take action that will resonate for decades, centuries, even millennia to come. If we want to be good ancestors and be remembered well by the generations who…
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