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🙏Huge thanks to the writers, thinkers + activists who have inspired and supported my new book History for Tomorrow. There's hope in history! @GeorgeMonbiot @peterfrankopan @GhoshAmitav @gailbradbrook @MichaelWoodMV @brianeno Kim Stanley Robinson @ksrinfo

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People keep telling me humans can't plan for the long-term, on the scale of decades of centuries. But here are 45 examples of 'cathedral thinking' from the past 5000 years, featured in The Good Ancestor 1/2

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Just had my 50th birthday picnic lunch sitting up in the branches of a 1000-year-old yew tree in an Oxford churchyard with my family, reconnecting with the long cycles of deep time.

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We have colonised the future. We treat it like a distant colonial outpost where we can freely dump ecological damage and technological risk, and which we can plunder as we please. See the full Cartoon Gallery from The Good Ancestor @kendrasita

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“I remember sitting at my desk, and I was like, bam! This is the beginning of 21st-century economics.” Excellent profile of economist (and - disclaimer - my partner) @KateRaworth and the rise of Doughnut Economics @DoughnutEcon @gdnlongread

The planet’s economist: has Kate Raworth found a model for sustainable living?

The long read: Her hit book Doughnut Economics laid out a path to a greener, more equal society. But can she turn her ideas into meaningful change?

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I’m thrilled that The Good Ancestor is out in paperback today. Huge thanks to all the Time Rebels who have already been turning its ideas into action. Please support your local bookshop.

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Today, after 3 years, I finished writing my new book HISTORY FOR TOMORROW: Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity. It asks what we can learn from the last 1000 years to tackle 10 global challenges, from climate breakdown to AI risk. Publication 4.7.24 This is it 1/6

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Groundbreaking ruling in Germany's Constitutional Court to protect the rights of future generations. Judges ruled that young people’s “fundamental rights to a human future” were threatened by weak government climate goals. Big win for #TimeRebels !

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I've been working with three brilliant cartoonists from @NewYorker @collectcartoons who've been bringing ideas from my new book The Good Ancestor to visual life. Here's the first of three, from @kendrasita , on our colonisation of the future

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After 3 years, 83,000 words and 400 footnotes, I've finally finished my new book, THE GOOD ANCESTOR: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World. Look out for it on May 21. Here's a miniaturized sneak preview... #goodancestor

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Twitter friends, I need some help! Just posted these copies of The Good Ancestor to UK MPs, who I'm briefing next week on how to overcome the chronic short-termism of public policy, organised by @FuturesAPPG . What's your advice on what I should be telling them?

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If you've had enough of the chronic short-termism of democracy, here are four cures in this summary from my new book The Good Ancestor: How To Think Long Term in a Short-Term World @openDemocracy @oDTransform

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50 Time Rebels who have inspired me in 2020 - organisations, movements and individuals comitted to long-term thinking, intergenerational justice and one-planet thriving. Find out more about them at And I know there are many more - please tell me yours!

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Sometimes old ideas have to die before new ones can be born. After more than 20 years of hoarding, I've burned my BA, MSc and PhD notes to ashes. With thanks - and fond memories - to @UniofOxford (1989-92) @UoLondon (1994-96) and @Uni_of_Essex (1997-2003)

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Long-term thinkers everywhere: get ready for this. The new book from sci-fi visionary Kim Stanley Robinson is out next month. I'm reading an advance copy and cannot put it down. Gripping, terrifying, liberating. Brace yourself for The Ministry for the Future @ksrinfo

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Humanity has colonised the future, dumping ecological and tech risk on future generations who have no political voice. That's why my partner and I are giving our votes in Thursday's UK general election to our 15-year-old twins. #givethekidsyourvote

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"A global movement has started to emerge of people committed to decolonizing the future and extending our time horizons towards a longer now. I think of its pioneers as time rebels." My new @TEDTalks is out now @TEDCountdown #JoinTheCountdown #TimeRebel

How to be a good ancestor

Our descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will tremendously impact generations to come, says philosopher Roman Krznaric. From a global campaign to grant legal person...

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One of the most profound diagrams I have ever seen, from Jonas Salk, who created polio vaccine in 1955 Salk believed that the 20th century values of Epoch A must be replaced by the values of Epoch B in the 21st century More graphics from The Good Ancestor:

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‘We treat the future like a distant colonial outpost devoid of people, where we can freely dump ecological degradation, technological risk, nuclear waste and public debt‘. How can we decolonise the future? @longnow @longpathOrg @PALOresearch @iftf

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My favourite economist @KateRaworth on @BBCNewsnight : “We are addicted to endless growth and that is the existential economic question of our time.”

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“We are addicted to endless growth and that is the existential economic question of our time.” Economist Kate Raworth says “no matter how rich we are, we always think the solution to our problems lies always in more growth” @KateRaworth | #newsnight

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In these times of turmoil, we need more than ever to tap into humanity's ability to think and act for the long term. Read on to discover the 4 fascinating ways our brains have evolved to give us this unique skill. It's time to use it.

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Just released! Edited highlights from my discussion with Doughnut economist @KateRaworth and music pioneer @brianeno about The Good Ancestor. My favourite launch event for The Good Ancestor now free online. Thanks to @SalonLondon

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Romantic love is an historical invention that has hijacked what love is all about. We're more sophisticated in how we talk about coffee than how we talk about love. On #valentinesday2021 let's remember the Six Varieties of Love. @yesmagazine

The Ancient Greeks’ 6 Words for Love (And Why Knowing Them Can Change Your Life) - YES! Magazine...

Discover insightful articles on The Ancient Greeks’ 6 Words for Love (And Why Knowing Them Can Change Your Life). Join us in exploring solutions for a just, sustainable, and compassionate world. #The...

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20 Books for a Better Future crowd-sourced from @hayfestival 's global audience. Pleased to see The Good Ancestor alongside books from powerful and inspiring writers like @NaomiAKlein @Elif_Safak @KateRaworth @isabella_tree @CCriadoPerez @DeanAtta

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Good Morning America. By uncanny coincidence, my book The Good Ancestor is launching in the US today - the very day you get to vote to determine the kind of ancestors you want to be. The world urges you to think long.

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The Rise of the Time Rebels - I'm thrilled with this new 44min TV documentary @VPROTegenlicht , celebrating @youthvgov , @PhilLaneJr @longnow , @TeAwaOWhanganui @GretaThunberg @Fridays4future +many more. Mostly in English with a bit of Dutch voiceover.

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Ooh, rather pleased to get 9/10 for my room background from @ratemyskyperoom !

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First rate double bookwall. Great plant. Love the red. Pull back a tad for ten. 9/10 @romankrznaric

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After 3 years of toil, The Good Ancestor is published today! We are at a pivot-point in history. Will we continue business-as-usual or use this crisis to transform our societies for the generations to come? Time Rebels of the World Unite!

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I sent some reading to the new Future Generations Commissioner for Wales @derekwalker_ What else should go onto his reading list?

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Taking some time off and taking advantage of the time to do some reading in preparation for the new job. Thanks for sending me a copy ⁦ @romankrznaric ⁩

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@philosophybites Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

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I always wanted to talk about cathedral thinking in an actual cathedral. Thanks to the brilliant @ShiftTalksNL for inviting me to speak in the beautiful St John's Cathedral in Den Bosch in the Netherlands yesterday.

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In today's local council elections I gave my vote to my 13-year-old daughter after a big discussion about the party manifestos. We did this too as a family in the 2019 UK national election. #givethekidsyourvote #goodancestor

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The first ever free @tedtalks conference is this Saturday 10.10.20. A call to action on the climate crisis. Speakers include @priyankachopra @sophiehowe #cynthiaerivo @AndriMagnason @chrishemsworth @jrockstrom @CFigueres @TEDCountdown #JoinTheCountdown

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'The primary force that drives my work is a passionate desire to be a good ancestor.' - Layla F. Saad Proud to be among three books celebrating the idea of being a 'good ancestor'. How will future generations remember us for what we did - or didn't do - when we had the chance?

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How could I have spent over a decade at university and never discovered the work of Donella Meadows, pioneer of systems thinking? An intellectual tragedy. Discover her for yourself in this fabulous @BBCRadio4 programme, introduced by @KateRaworth

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The brilliant Donella Meadows - mother of systems thinking - is a hero to me, so it was an unmissable opportunity to talk about her life and work on @BBCRadio4 Great Lives. You can catch it here. #ecologicaleconomics #systemsthinking @bethsawin

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My 12-year-old daughter making a sign for us to hold up at #ExtinctionRebellion in London today. @XRebellionUK @XR_Oxford #GoodAncestor

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Great article by Wales Future Generation Commissioner @derekwalker_ on how they use a legally binding 'good ancestor test' to make public policy future fit for 100 years @futuregencymru

What does ‘longtermism’ mean to you? | Derek Walker

Wales is trying to create a nation of good ancestors, writes Future Generations commissioner Derek Walker. Its ‘leave no footprint’ Act is one thing the country is doing that the rest of the UK can...

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On the brink of a new UK government that aims to ‘grow, grow, grow’, there are profound lessons from ancient Japan for a far wiser goal: to create a circular, regenerative economy. New article @BBC_Culture for the launch of History for Tomorrow, out today

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Delighted to hear about book groups reading The Good Ancestor and using this Menu of Conversation from Ch.12 to spark their discussions. Try it out with your book club or friends/family/colleagues. Which question triggers the deepest reflections for you?

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Iconic images refuse to let us forget the violence of war. I'm honoured to have this picture by the remarkable Guatemalan photographer Daniel Hernandez-Salazar @dfdjhs on the cover of my new book. A victim's remains become the shouting angel's wings.

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Just imagine if the daily weather forecast also included a 60-year climate forecast. Genius graphic hack from designer @_ted_hunt Also check out his new project to challenge our pathological short-term time culture … @KateRaworth #goodancestor

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Watch this. Dynamite. @DavidLammy at @TEDCountdown Sure to become one the great @TEDTalks Environmental justice is racial justice #JoinTheCountdown

Climate justice can't happen without racial justice

Why has there been so little mention of saving Black lives from the climate emergency? For too long, racial justice efforts have been distinguished from climate justice work, says David Lammy, Member...

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Make sure you know about this brilliant initiative: Ireland is holding a Citizens' Assembly on Biodiverssity Loss for children/young people aged 7-17 That's how we give future generations a voice in today's politics @cypbiodiversity

Video message to adults' Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, 24...

In October 2022, Ireland will hold its first Children and Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. Designed with children and young people, the Assembly...

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@ratemyskyperoom What a privilege and pleasure to get a 9! Will take your advice and pull back the camera to up chances of 10/10 next time. Note also use of digital camera provides fine depth of field on back bookcase, giving sense of literary intrigue...

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BE A GOOD ANCESTOR. My favourite sign at today's massive #ClimateStrike march in Oxford. Short. Simple. Devastating. Inspiring. @GretaThunberg @KateRaworth #goodancestor

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Today's small question: Can anyone recommend reading on how systems thinking can help us understand changes in world history? e.g. how feedback loops help explain rise and fall of empires, revolutions, emergence of new economic + political systems. @KateRaworth @ClubOfRome

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"Why should I care about future generations? What have they ever done for me?' - Groucho Marx. My answer here @aeonmag @psyche_the_mag @philosophybites

Future generations deserve good ancestors. Will you be one? | Psyche Ideas

The living, the dead and the unborn are all here with us: we must respect their interests and their world as much as our own

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The legacies we inherit create the opportunities - and crises - we are living out today. So what will future generations say of the legacies that we are leaving for them? Here’s a new animation to set us on the path of becoming Good Ancestors.

The Good Ancestor - The Legacies We Leave

"The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World", the new book by Roman Krznaric, is out on 16 July 2020. Order a copy from Hive at https://...

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I offer you the ultimate irony: a speedy summary of long-term thinking. Here are six ways to think long from The Good Ancestor @longnow #timerebel

Six Ways to Think Long-term

A Cognitive Toolkit for Good Ancestors

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If you think benign dictators are the answer to the climate crisis, then think again. Check out what the new Intergenerational Solidarity Index reveals. My latest article based on The Good Ancestor just published @openDemocracy

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56% of the world's companies over 200 years old are in Japan. Of the 1000 companies over 300 years old, 23% make sake, beer or wine! What is it that enables institutions to last a really really long time? Brilliant aricle on this by @zander at @longnow

The Data of Long-lived Institutions

Preliminary returns research into the longest-lived institutions in the world.

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At last I've found a way to genuinely impress my football-crazy son: Dutch professional footballers are reading The Good Ancestor in their book club.

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“Come to terms with death. Thereafter anything is possible.” Albert Camus My new article @BBC_Culture on time, death and the long-term imagination #deeptime

Three ideas for how to live a fuller life

By reimagining our relationship with time – and coming to terms with death – we can improve our existence, argues Roman Krznaric.

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We are in 'a new ethical time dimension,' writes @jrockstrom in @GretaThunberg 's #TheClimateBook .'It is 𝘯𝘰𝘸 that we are determining whether we leave to our children and their children a planet that will continue drifting towards less and less inhabitable states in the future.'

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I was planning to write a new year's resolution blog post on how to be good ancestor, but the good folk at @grist got there before me. Why should our resolutions only be on the scale of a year?What about a decade? Or a century?

A resolution for 2021: Be a better ancestor

How do you step into the shoes of people who aren’t alive yet?

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Seeking a cure for short-termism and digital distraction, I joined a group from @longnowldn to take part in the 3000-year-old ritual of re-chalking the White Horse of Uffington in Oxfordshire. Here's the story @longnow @nationaltrust #goodancestor

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How do oligarchs think about poverty, violence, race and power? I spent 7 years talking to the economic elite of Guatemala and my new book – published today – reveals all that I learned. Discover timeless insights for challenging elite power everywhere.

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From citizens assemblies and Afrofuturism to kids in the lawcourts and parents on the streets, the rebellion is on to liberate the future from the tyranny of the present. My new article in today's @guardian @guardianopinion

To safeguard future generations, we must learn how to be better ancestors | Roman Krznaric

Short-term thinking in politics and business is laying waste to the planet. But the fightback is on, says philosopher and author Roman Krznaric

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Once again brilliant @georgemonbiot nails it: the myth of green consumerism and sustainable growth (And check out his powerful new book Out of the Wreckage)

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Digital clock in Union Square NYC converted into @theclimateclock counting down the seconds left to stay under 1.5 degrees It reveals the Time Paradox we face: we need urgent action, here and now, for our long-term planetary future @BTroublemakers @350

Manhattan's famous digital clock is now counting down to climate disaster - Fast Company

The Metronome in Union Square now displays the time left before we burn all the carbon that will push the planet over the key 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.

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My new @tedtalks has received over a half a million views in the last 48 hours. Could the Time Rebellion be about to begin? Huge thanks to the brilliant #timerebels featured in the talk. Please support their work (see thread below) 1/5 @TEDCountdown

How to be a good ancestor

Our descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will tremendously impact generations to come, says philosopher Roman Krznaric. From a global campaign to grant legal person...

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Who is the most original thinker I've ever met? Right up there is @indy_johar . Discover his mind and @DarkMatter_Labs in this excellent @FT profile. Good Ancestors that future generations deserve.

Architect Indy Johar: ‘The scale of what we’re about to face is completely underestimated’

Meet the man behind Dark Matter Labs, who has radical plans for a greener future

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8 graphs showing why Steven Pinker's book Enlightenment Now is a fatally flawed homage to neoliberalism. A very reasoned and devastating analysis by @JeremyRLent @openDemocracy

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@ChrisMuellerHI Thanks Chris. It's been great to learn more about #IOTA through the Persistent Selv app, especially the possibilities inherent in long-term digital identities. And thanks for mentioning my book The Good Ancestor in your news roundup!

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Twitter friends, advice please. Tonight @britishlibrary I'm doing an event with one of my great heroes, sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson. What questions should I ask him in our conversation? Chaired by the brilliant @WanderingGaia Please join us

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I particularly like this line from the Wales Protocol for Future Generations launched today: 'We, the people, have the right and the responsibility to become good ancestors for the generations to come.' @futuregencymru #2024UNCSC

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌍Pleased to see the Wales Protocol for Future Generations launching today, co-designed by 150+ people from 40+ countries. #2024UNCSC This Protocol is a practical guide to support communities, countries and @UN to take action for future generations:

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What's the secret to long-term thinking? Learn from Nature's genius, says @JanineBenyus : "What organisms have learned to do is to take care of the place that's going to take care of their offspring." This insight hugely inspired my book The Good Ancestor.

Janine Benyus: 'Life has learned to create conditions conducive to...

Janine Benyus on how humankind can learn how to survive over the long term from nature's 3.8 billion years of R&D.Clip from a talk by Tree TV. For the full v...

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How do we challenge the power of oligarchs, whether in Russia or Silicon Valley? 3 lessons from my new book What The Rich Don't Tell The Poor at @fp2p @oxfamgb

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Isn't it time the whole UK had a Future Generations Commissioner like in Wales? Listen to the debate on @BBCRadio4 Positive Thinking today 9am hosted by @BBCSangita with me, @sophiehowe Dame Louise Casey and Prof Simon Caney

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How can we be the Good Ancestors that future generations deserve? Join me and members of @XR_Oxford on March 1 for an inspirational evening of ideas, conversation (and good food) about how we can tackle the ecological crisis together @XRebellionUK @XrRebel

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My five top books on long-term thinking, from sci-fi to #systemsthinking . What are your own top reads? Thx @ksrinfo #donellameadows @stewartbrand @DanTGilbert @ANewRealityBook @five_books @casparhenderson

Five Books: The Best Books for Long-Term Thinking, recommended by Roman Krznaric

The best books to help you avoid short-termism and promote long-term thinking, recommended by cultural thinker Roman Krznaric, author of The Good Ancestor

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I've got bad news for you Mr Bezos: my favourite bookshop in the world @blackwelloxford has signed copies of The Good Ancestor + free postage!

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The Good Ancestor Thank you to Roman Krznaric for signing The Good Ancestor, now newly out in paperback. Visit us between 10 and 4 to collect your copy or give us a call on 01865 792792 and we will send it to you with free delivery. @romankrznaric

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Am feeling nervous. Will @KateRaworth approve of my explanation of Doughnut Econonics in my recent @longnow talk?

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Philosopher @RomanKrznaric shares a new economic model for a post-growth civilization--where the social floor is raised, the ecological ceiling is lowered, and planet and people thrive in balance. Watch his Long Now talk here:

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This will be intense. 50 speakers. 5 hours. No breaks. Buckle up for @TEDCountdown 10.10.2020 Speakers include Norse god Thor @chrishemsworth and #womanofsteel @yemialadee Do we have what it takes to tackle the #ClimateEmergency ? @TEDTalks #timerebel

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@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Loved your @RestIsPolitics interview with @KateRaworth but not your suggestion that benign dictatorship is needed to deliver Doughnut Economics. Evidence shows democracies deliver long-term eco policy better than autocracies

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I've been waiting four years for this book to come out, and today is the day! Check out @JeremyRLent 's The Web of Meaning, the follow-up to his pathbreaking book The Patterning Instinct. And hear him speak about it tonight with @indraadnan at @AlterUK21

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Cartoons for the Long Now 1/3. I’ve recently worked with three brilliant cartoonists from @NewYorker @collectcartoons who’ve brought ideas from my book The Good Ancestor to visual life. Here's the first of three from @kendrasita . Full Gallery:

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Wet’suwet’en indigenous leaders in Canada have filed a case against federal govmt, saying its fossil fuel support violates "equality right of future generations" and represents "colonization of the future" @youthvgov @ycbeau @IY4wetsuweten @globeandmail

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As fate would have it, History for Tomorrow will be published on the same day as the UK general election. Lucky that it's packed with historical insights for the future Prime Minister

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Calling all Dutch friends: to celebrate the Dutch launch of The Good Ancestor this week, I have an article based on the book in the lastest @DeGroene Amsterdammer. Discover the secrets of becoming a 'Goede Voorouder' @daanroovers @Stine__Jensen @De_Zwijger

Waarom we afscheid moeten nemen van het kortetermijndenken

Het kortetermijndenken voert de mensheid naar de afgrond en de generaties na ons zijn de dupe van onze kortzichtigheid. We moeten leren goede voorouders te zijn.

www.groene.nl

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Rishi Sunuk's U-turn on climate policies: I have never seen a more cynical and manipulative use of the phrase 'long-term'.

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Are you ready to be a #timerebel committed to intergenerational justice and long-term thinking? Here are 44 orgs, movements, films, people who are leading the way and inspired my new book The Good Ancestor. Who have I left out?

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I just got a bit overexcited and criticised Steven Pinker...

GBH Forum Network

@GBHForumNetwork

4 years

You can't keep blowing up a balloon with the idea that it's never going to pop, said @romankrznaric about the world's focus on continued material growth. "No amount of money in your pocket's gunna reverse the melting of the Greenland ice sheet." @camforum :

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It's a little way off, but if you're in Oxford, please join me for the launch of History for Tomorrow!

Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop

@blackwelloxford

8 months

Wednesday 3rd July at 7pm, @romankrznaric in conversation with @MichaelWoodMV and @KateRaworth on 'History for Tomorrow' Tickets £5 on sale now

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Of course, long-term thinking isn't always expressed in specific things like religious buildings or scientific projects, but in deep worldviews such as the principle of seventh-generation decision-making practiced in many Native American communities today 3/3

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Good critique of the dangerous ideology of "longtermism", which downplays climate risk and up-plays techno-utopian space colonisation powered by endless growth (and, incidentally, is linked to crypto currency fraud). @xriskology

Longtermism poses a real threat to humanity

William MacAskill’s utopian visions may end in violent upheaval.

www.newstatesman.com

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@romankrznaric

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Excellent new set of tools for long-term thinking for organisations and policymakers, created by @LongTimeProject (and very different from regular scenario planning) @ClimateKIC @DarkMatter_Labs @saltsea @beatricepem #goodancestor

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@romankrznaric

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What a coincidence! I gave up my car today too and joined the local electric car club...

Kate Raworth

@KateRaworth

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2021: a new year and a new transport ethic. Today we gave up our car & are delighted to become members of our local car-sharing club (but we still love our bikes best). Here's to letting go, if you can, of what no longer belongs. And here's to the love of bikes and trains.

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Please excuse this #proudparentmoment My 11-year-old daughter has just won the national Wild About Writing short story competition. Read her 1000-word story 'Rescued Like Her Name' here @PiersTorday @HachetteKids @blackwelloxford @KateRaworth

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My lovely new local independent bookshop @caperoxford has a tiny bed where kids can read.

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5 Cities Focused on the Future My new article @TimeOutLondon featuring great long-term innovations from @BjarkeIngels @DoughnutEcon @hunterian

5 genius city projects helping us think long-term

From a ‘living water factory’ to a whole floating city.

www.timeout.com

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If you want to be a #goodancestor , here's a great place to start - a new global community platform turning @KateRaworth 's #doughnuteconomics into action. Prediction: this will be huge.

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The power of profound questions...

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Advice please! I'm looking for great books/articles on what we can learn from past societies about effectively tackling wealth inequality. What inspiration and wisdom can we find in history? Recommendations much appreciated. Here are a few things already on my list.

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Infographic of the day: the unborn generations of tomorrow outnumber all the people who have ever lived. What legacy should we leave them? Great article by @rifish for new @BBC_Future series on long-term thinking #longthink101

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I've been thinking about how to think about politics, and made this poster for myself as a visual aid. What other images would you add?

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When Doughnut Economics is written into the script of @bbceastenders you know that at least something is going right in the world

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@KateRaworth

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Check out 12 year-old Bailey on EastEnders talking Doughnut Economics and plant-based diets. Go girl, tell it like it is.

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Here's a final cartoon, from @RebekaRyvola on our legacies for the future. How will we be remembered in generations to come? Thx to @BUPardeeCenter @RCClimate @ClimateKIC for making it happen. More about the book here

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The Good Ancestor is out now in Japan, translated by renowned Buddhist monk and author Shoukei Matsumoto @shoukeim He has also lauched a new movement to promote Good Ancestor thinking in Japan Thx to Taiwan’s Digital Minister @audreyt for the cover quote!

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More evidence that empathy and human relationships are a force for social transformation. Thanks to @georgemonbiot for helping spread the Empathy Revolution

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