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The opposite is true. We're currently so occupied with imagined problems from the future that we forget to take care of present issues. The interesting time spa
by lazyjones 7y ago
The opposite is true. We're currently so occupied with imagined problems from the future that we forget to take care of present issues. The interesting time span for normal folks and most politicians to deal with should be the next 5 years, not the end of the century. Leave that to science fiction authors. Better and more interested people will deal with problems in 81 years, whatever they will be.
- c22 7y agoThe horizon of our problem-solving should be based on the scope of our activities. If we are making decisions with 100 year outcomes then we should certainly be thinking about 100-year problems.
- lazyjones 7y ago> If we are making decisions with 100 year outcomes then we should certainly be thinking about 100-year problems. Can you name a few decisions that were actually made only with 100 year outcomes in mind and not to solve current problems?
- SamReidHughes 7y agoA lot of great projects -- subways, tunnels, bridges, constitutions, the metric system, manifest destiny, the marine chronometer, GNU -- wouldn't have happened if people only cared about the next five years.
- pinkfoot 7y agoYou forgot pyramids, cathedrals, and great walls :)
- SamReidHughes 7y agoAnd trees.
- lazyjones 7y agoAll of these were built in order to immediately improve the current situation, not the one in 100 years.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoIt takes longer than 5 to pay back the investment, and many are planned in anticipation of future growth.