What´s your Legacy? How to Be a Good Ancestor
summary
Argues modern decision-making suffers a “tyranny of the now” and offers concrete fixes: cathedral thinking (19th‑century London sewers built twice‑oversize by 22,000 workers still in use), the 85→15 energy pivot (Dong/Ørsted flips fossil to renew in under 10 years, now ~30% offshore market), and intergenerational justice tools (Japan’s Future Design role‑play, Quebec’s future‑generations chairs). Measures include an intergenerational solidarity index across 122 countries (top long‑term performers are mostly democracies), the mile in my shoes Empathy Museum installed in Parliament and Microsoft lobbies.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:18Short-term thinking tyranny
- 6:48Cathedral thinking
- 9:34Intergenerational justice
- 13:06Empathic imagination
- 14:54Legacy mindset
- 20:20Human layers thought experiment
- 23:50Democracy versus authoritarianism
- 27:44Invisible ancestors
- 28:25Economic metrics rethink
- 31:12Historical lessons for tech
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