The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World by Roman Krznaric

The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World

Roman Krznaric

293 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative slow-paced
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The most important question we must ask ourselves is, "Are we being good ancestors?" So said Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine in 1953 but refused to patent it--forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved. Salk's radical generos...

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