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The Good Ancestor : How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World by Roman Krznaric, Efrén del Valle Peñamil is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
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The most important question we must ask ourselves is, Are we being good ancestors? So said Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine in 1953 but refused to patent it--forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved. Salk's radical generosity to future generations should inspire us. But when leading philosopher Roman Krznaric examines society today, he sees just the opposite: Our short term, exploitative mindsets have colonized the future. Businesses eschew civic responsibility for immediate
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It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Roman Krznaric, Efrén del Valle Peñamil
- Publisher
- WH Allen an imprint of Ebury Publishing
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780753554494
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Social Science, Economics, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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