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"From technology designed to stop you from working and junk food made to only
temporarily satiate you, much of modern life is startlingly oriented toward the
short-term.
In his new book,
The Long View: Why We Need To Transform How the World Sees
Time, BBC journalist Richard Fisher explains how this short-term mindset has
come to dominate Western society, why that could spell disaster for our future,
and explores historic and real world examples of those who are taking a
long-term view.
From the architects who began work on England’s Wells Cathedral in 1175
knowing that construction wouldn’t be complete until well after their deaths,
to an experiment at an Australian laboratory still ongoing a century after it
began, and the Indigenous tribes whose ways of life are centered on
intergenerational links, Fisher argues what makes humans unique is our ability
to learn from the past and envision the future.
As humanity faces unprecedented threats, from climate disaster to the collapse
of democracy, Fisher believes “recapturing” our long-term view of the world is
a solution we can achieve."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
