The good ancestor : a radical prescription for long-term thinking / Roman Krznaric.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781615197309
- ISBN: 1615197303
- Physical Description: xiv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : The Experiment, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain by WH Allen, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd." -- Title page verso. "First published in North America in revised form by The Experiment, LLC." -- Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-301) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Part one. The tug-of-war for time -- 1. How can we be good ancestors? -- 2. The marshmellow and the acorn -- Part two. Six ways to think long |
Summary, etc.: | "This book is a call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme short-sightedness. It outlines six practical ways we can retrain our brains to save our future and create a "time rebellion"-shifting our allegiance from our generation only to all humanity, present and future."--Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Empathy. Conduct of life. Values. Future, The. |
Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Slater Public Library - Griswold. (Show preferred library)
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Slater Public Library - Griswold | 170 KRZ (Text) | 31252140651548 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |