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Pros
He what are the most powerful reasons for caring about future generations? That is especially true for many politicians but also many others. He argues that pricing carbon emissions is an effective way to quickly reduce them and is in my opinion the b... Read More
Cons
The author makes it sound like we have forsaken future generations until now. It’s just not true. We have not forsaken the next generation.
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Quality
Therefore i partially felt at home with the content of this book
Therefore i don’t agree with the author’s distaste for capitalism neoliberalism and the free market
Although he gives other examples of projects beyond our current horizon our planning and decisionmaking is not commonly concern... Read More
However the author’s message is for the most part on target and very important for our time and despite my disagreements with t... Read More
Price
On page 207 he forgets that houdini’s sportswear could become cheaper than that of their competitors if such a carbon price was implemented
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- This product had a total of 251 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 27 2022.
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We live in a culture of shortterm thinking
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This is the “tyranny of the now” says roman krznaric in his book the good ancestor
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Given digital distraction political presentism and pursuit of endless economic growth we have little concern for the long term
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We have “colonized the future” exploiting our planet’s resources for current financial benefit
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Shortterm thinking the “tyranny of the now” would have doomed these projects
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Although he gives other examples of projects beyond our current horizon our planning and decisionmaking is not commonly concerned with the impacts on the future
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Instead he argues convincingly that we must become “good ancestors
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I had a hard time rating this book
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