Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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The Long Now Foundation

I was intrigued by the Long Now Foundation, which encourages people to think in deep time.  They want humanity to make responsible choices considering the next 10,000 years.  I think that's a good goal. 
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siege

siege

April 5 2010, 04:07:18 UTC 11 years ago

Seventh Generation is a company that, while it isn't thinking quite that far ahead, well...

The company derives its name from the Great Law of the Iroquois that states, "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

April 5 2010, 04:45:58 UTC 11 years ago

I'm familiar with that premise, and the company is pretty cool.
siege

Re: Yes...

siege

April 5 2010, 05:09:42 UTC 11 years ago

I'm also noticing that, if you look seven generations back (which for Americans would now be about the time of Pres. Lincoln), you really do see that we are playing out the endgame of political decisions made back then. Lincoln freed the slaves, and seven generations later we have a black President (but bigotry is still alive and well). The American South was swarmed with carpetbaggers and industrialists, and are seemingly only now starting to let go of that anger. There's more, though different generations contributed different things. But seven generations seems to be about how long it takes to really live out a particular decision, in the life of nations.
ysabetwordsmith

Wow!

ysabetwordsmith

April 5 2010, 05:12:51 UTC 11 years ago

I had never thought to look back in that particular way. I think you have a point. Count back with technology, or the use of resources such as forests.