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What do we owe future generations? That’s the short, yet vastly complex, question at the heart of this week’s New World Same Humans.
An increasingly influential idea holds that for centuries, those of us in the Global North have been stealing – value, resources, and peace – from the future. And that now, it’s time to start giving it back.
Before we start, a reminder that this week saw the launch of the NWSH Slack community! A few days in, we’re already assembling an amazing group from all over the world. Find out more, and get a link to join, below
But first this essay, which is called Decolonizing the Future. Hit play!
If you prefer to read this instalment, go here for the text version of New World Same Humans #39.
Links in this week’s instalment
1. In September the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE) opened for trading in US.
2. In Japan, the economist Professor Tatsuyoshi Saijo is the creator of a new policymaking movement called Future Design.
The future is now
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David.
New World Same Humans #39 – Audio Version