I just read Richard Fisher's article in New Scientist and look forward to receiving his book. FWIW, here's what I wrote, as a Letter to the N.S. editor:
Richard Fisher's article is very timely (!). My grandchildren, now 4 and 6, have provided the grounds for me to embrace a "pronounced future perspective." It's a very palpable perspective.
When I hug my grandchildren, I'm hugging the grandparents (assuming procreation along the way!) of their grandchildren, who they would some time hug. And those grandchildren of grandchildren would be about my current age (75) in 2150. Until recently, I would have thought 2150 was impossibly far off, too far off to realistically imagine. After all, the climate disruption projections are for dates like 2030 or 2050 or 2100 in the longer ones.
It's not far off in my mind now that I can feel that connection of hugs and love.
The year 2150 is about 125 years from now. My grandparents, who I remember well, were born about 125 years ago. Not that long ago. I have a human connection to persons who lived 125 years ago and a future human connection to persons who will be alive 125 years in the future (should humanity survive that long.) I deeply care about them.
Our infrastructure decisions, land use planning, decisions related to population growth and our ethical and moral growth need to look that far ahead. We need to feel compassion for those who live now and for those who come after us and act on it.
As an individual, I believe I cannot not do everything in my power, what little power I may realistically have, no matter how small and trivial seeming or large, to lay the groundwork for a decent future for my own descendants and all those who will share our planet in 2150.
I love supporting anyway that is free. As a representative at BITR a Ken Kesey and friends political ideal conference in 1975 (I was 10) my life began and has remained free! Thinking complete outside the so-called whatever my brain continues in the future sort of place. Big ups I have a theory that shall not yet be across time and faye though the friends of many places communicate on many levels I AM WEeeee seek fun the rest takes care of what need All is Well and shall proceed Lovin' you...
Reading this I started to wonder: thinking in a multilingual world, what about terms which do exist in other languages, but not in English? How would the long-terminology look like if we include indigenous languages?
I just read Richard Fisher's article in New Scientist and look forward to receiving his book. FWIW, here's what I wrote, as a Letter to the N.S. editor:
Richard Fisher's article is very timely (!). My grandchildren, now 4 and 6, have provided the grounds for me to embrace a "pronounced future perspective." It's a very palpable perspective.
When I hug my grandchildren, I'm hugging the grandparents (assuming procreation along the way!) of their grandchildren, who they would some time hug. And those grandchildren of grandchildren would be about my current age (75) in 2150. Until recently, I would have thought 2150 was impossibly far off, too far off to realistically imagine. After all, the climate disruption projections are for dates like 2030 or 2050 or 2100 in the longer ones.
It's not far off in my mind now that I can feel that connection of hugs and love.
The year 2150 is about 125 years from now. My grandparents, who I remember well, were born about 125 years ago. Not that long ago. I have a human connection to persons who lived 125 years ago and a future human connection to persons who will be alive 125 years in the future (should humanity survive that long.) I deeply care about them.
Our infrastructure decisions, land use planning, decisions related to population growth and our ethical and moral growth need to look that far ahead. We need to feel compassion for those who live now and for those who come after us and act on it.
As an individual, I believe I cannot not do everything in my power, what little power I may realistically have, no matter how small and trivial seeming or large, to lay the groundwork for a decent future for my own descendants and all those who will share our planet in 2150.
Just pre-ordered the book. Looking forward to it!
I love supporting anyway that is free. As a representative at BITR a Ken Kesey and friends political ideal conference in 1975 (I was 10) my life began and has remained free! Thinking complete outside the so-called whatever my brain continues in the future sort of place. Big ups I have a theory that shall not yet be across time and faye though the friends of many places communicate on many levels I AM WEeeee seek fun the rest takes care of what need All is Well and shall proceed Lovin' you...
Reading this I started to wonder: thinking in a multilingual world, what about terms which do exist in other languages, but not in English? How would the long-terminology look like if we include indigenous languages?