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"Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
by matt4077 9y ago
"Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
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- vram22 9y agoGood one. There is some (maybe) Chinese proverb something like that too.
- cpeterso 9y ago“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”
- sgt101 9y agoThere is a good story : https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oak-beams-new-college-oxford https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oak-beams-new-college-ox...
- rb808 9y agoThanks, that is a delightful read.
- vram22 9y agoGood story, thank you. Nice last paragraph of the article: "Ultimately, while the story is perhaps apocryphal, the idea of replacing and managing resources for the future, and the lesson in long term thinking is not." Also interesting is that it is: "In conjunction with the Long Now Foundation. Modified from original video and text by Stewart Brand at the Long Now Blog." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand My uncle had brought over a copy of The Whole Earth Catalog from the US when I was a teenager, it was a fantastic read, and partly the cause (although I was interested in such things from earlier) for my interest in nature, hiking, appropriate technology, organic gardening, woodworking and other crafts, etc. Done things in some of those areas, and hope to do more in the future.