Why Be a Good Ancestor?

Consider this: There’s a general consensus that the world is in a moment of crisis. The increasingly interrelated and complex global challenges we face demand a holistic response. But we continually address our challenges in a short-term and knee-jerk fashion. Wouldn’t it be great if systems were in place or there were leadership incentives to leverage our resources and effect change on a grand scale?

This short-term behavior is not limited to monumental issues like global warming, pandemics, or income inequality. They play out every day in our personal lives, businesses, and local civic institutions. We may be focused on next quarter’s results, planning for retirement, or an aspirational 20-year regional transportation plan. What would it take to think and act really long-term? To consider how our actions today impact the lives of those who are to come generations from now? It seems like a smart strategy, but it’s not so easy to achieve.

•Is there a way to break free of our short term addiction?
•What are the benefits of seizing a long-term view?
•And… should we care?
•What value is there in spending time and effort to think about or work for the long term?

World renowned author and thinker Roman Krznaric will be in conversation with Grant Stephen (President of Long Now Boston) and with our audience over Zoom to explore these issues and to make the case for being a Good Ancestor.

Zoom doors open @ 6:15pm ET -- Come early and chat with other Long Now
thinkers – Tickets are available on Eventbrite: https://why-be-a-good-ancestor.eventbrite.com/

The main event starts @ 6:30pm ET

A Long Now Boston Community Conversation with Roman Krznaric, one of Britain’s leading public intellectuals.

Join the conversation and be part of the solution.
$5 in advance. Students w/ID admitted free.

Audience participation is encouraged.

About the speaker:
Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. Roman studied at the universities of Oxford, London, and Essex, where he gained his PhD in political sociology. He is founder of the world’s first Empathy Museum and is currently a Research Fellow of the Long Now Foundation.

Roman has been named by The Observer as one of Britain’s leading popular philosophers. His writings have been widely influential amongst political and ecological campaigners, education reformers, social entrepreneurs, and designers.

In addition to his latest book, The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking, his previous books include Empathy, The Wonderbox, and Carpe Diem Regained. They have been published in more than 20 languages.

We’re proud and excited to welcome Roman to the Long Now Boston community.

Cambridge Innovation Center is an in-kind sponsor of this Long Now Boston conversation. We are very grateful for their support.

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