The good ancestor : a radical prescription for long-term thinking
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
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- ISBN: 9781615197309
- Physical Description xiv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The Good Ancestor : A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
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Table of Contents
The Good Ancestor : A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface | p. xiii | |
| Part 1 | The Tug-of-War for Time | |
| 1 | How Can We Be Good Ancestors? | p. 3 |
| 2 | The Marshmallow and the Acorn Inside Our Time-Torn Brains | p. 17 |
| Part 2 | Six Ways to Think Long | |
| 3 | Deep-Time Humility Humankind as an Eyeblink in Cosmic History | p. 39 |
| 4 | Legacy Mindset How Can We Be Remembered Well? | p. 57 |
| 5 | Intergenerational Justice Reasons to Respect the Seventh Generation | p. 71 |
| 6 | Cathedral Thinking The Art of Planning into the Distant Future | p. 92 |
| 7 | Holistic Forecasting Long-Term Pathways for Civilization | p. 116 |
| 8 | Transcendent Goal A Lodestar to Guide Humanity | p. 138 |
| Part 3 | Bring on the Time Rebellion | |
| 9 | Deep Democracy Is There an Antidote for Political Myopia? | p. 163 |
| 10 | Ecological Civilization From Speculative Capitalism to Regenerative Economy | p. 194 |
| 11 | Cultural Evolution Storytelling, Design, and the Rise of Virtual Futures | p. 219 |
| 12 | The Path of the Good Ancestor | p. 238 |
| Appendix The Intergenerational Solidarity Index | p. 246 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 251 | |
| Notes | p. 253 | |
| List of Illustrations | p. 287 | |
| Bibliography | p. 288 | |
| Index | p. 302 | |
| About the Author | p. 322 |
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