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The good ancestor : a radical prescription for long-term thinking / Roman Krznaric.
Summary:
"This book is a call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme short-sightedness. It outlines six practical ways we can retrain our brains to save our future and create a "time rebellion"-shifting our allegiance from our generation only to all humanity, present and future."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781615197309
- Physical Description: xiv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : The Experiment, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library.
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- Baker & Taylor
A public philosopher and best-selling author aims to help inspire a âtime rebellionâ that shifts personal allegiance from our generation to all of humanity and offers six practical ways to retrain our brains to save the future. 15,000 first printing. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"This book is a call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme short-sightedness. It outlines six practical ways we can retrain our brains to save our future and create a "time rebellion"-shifting our allegiance fromour generation only to all humanity, present and future"-- - Grand Central Pub
The most important question we must ask ourselves is, âAre we being good ancestors?â
As heard on NPRâs TED Radio Hour
So said Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine in 1953 but refused to patent itâforgoing profit so that more lives could be saved.
Salkâs radical generosity to future generations should inspire us. But when leading philosopher Roman Krznaric examines society today, he sees just the opposite: Our short term, exploitative mindsets have âcolonized the future.â Businesses eschew civic responsibility for immediate gains, politicians throw their support behind whatever will win the next election, and we all struggle to focus our attention beyond the next alert from our phones. The result? An inexcusable chasm between the haves and have-notsâand mounting existential threatsâhave brought our species to the precipice of disaster.
Yet Krznaric sees reason to hope. Yes, 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. But at the heart of all these changes is one we can enact within ourselves: We must trade shortsightedness for long-term thinking.
In The Good Ancestor, Krznaric reveals six practical ways we can retrain our brains to think of the long view, including Deep-Time Humility (recognizing our lives as a cosmic eyeblink) and Cathedral Thinking (starting projects that will take more than one lifetime to complete). His aim is to inspire more âtime rebelsâ like Greta Thunbergâto shift our allegiance from this generation to all humanityâin short, to save our planet and our future. - Grand Central Pub
A call to save ourselves and our planet that gets to the root of the current crisisâsocietyâs extreme short-sightedness - Workman Press.
A call to save ourselves and our planet that gets to the root of the current crisis—society’s extreme short-sightedness - Workman Press.
The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'
So said Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine in 1953 but refused to patent it'forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved.
Salk's radical generosity to future generations should inspire us. But when leading philosopher Roman Krznaric examines society today, he sees just the opposite: Our short term, exploitative mindsets have 'colonized the future.' Businesses eschew civic responsibility for immediate gains, politicians throw their support behind whatever will win the next election, and we all struggle to focus our attention beyond the next alert from our phones. The result? An inexcusable chasm between the haves and have-nots'and mounting existential threats'have brought our species to the precipice of disaster.
Yet Krznaric sees reason to hope. Yes, 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. But at the heart of all these changes is one we can enact within ourselves: We must trade shortsightedness for long-term thinking.
In The Good Ancestor, Krznaric reveals six practical ways we can retrain our brains to think of the long view, including Deep-Time Humility (recognizing our lives as a cosmic eyeblink) and Cathedral Thinking (starting projects that will take more than one lifetime to complete). His aim is to inspire more 'time rebels' like Greta Thunberg'to shift our allegiance from this generation to all humanity'in short, to save our planet and our future. - Workman Press.
The most important question we must ask ourselves is, “Are we being good ancestors?”
So said Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine in 1953 but refused to patent it—forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved.
Salk’s radical generosity to future generations should inspire us. But when leading philosopher Roman Krznaric examines society today, he sees just the opposite: Our short term, exploitative mindsets have “colonized the future.” Businesses eschew civic responsibility for immediate gains, politicians throw their support behind whatever will win the next election, and we all struggle to focus our attention beyond the next alert from our phones. The result? An inexcusable chasm between the haves and have-nots—and mounting existential threats—have brought our species to the precipice of disaster.
Yet Krznaric sees reason to hope. Yes, 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. But at the heart of all these changes is one we can enact within ourselves: We must trade shortsightedness for long-term thinking.
In The Good Ancestor, Krznaric reveals six practical ways we can retrain our brains to think of the long view, including Deep-Time Humility (recognizing our lives as a cosmic eyeblink) and Cathedral Thinking (starting projects that will take more than one lifetime to complete). His aim is to inspire more “time rebels” like Greta Thunberg—to shift our allegiance from this generation to all humanity—in short, to save our planet and our future. - Workman Press.
A call to save ourselves and our planet that gets to the root of the current crisis'society's extreme short-sightedness - WW Norton
History for Tomorrow, TED Radio Hour