<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear All, </span></font><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I thought you might be interested in this news article about teaching people to think long-term. I've tried similar approaches in my classes and have also done workshops on speculative futurism. An 'anticipatory competence' seems to be crucial for surviving and planning in an uncertain world. It would be interesting to share thoughts, critiques and ideas on this subject. What are the possibilities, benefits, gaps and flaws of the idea described in the article? </div><div style=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/30/opinion/how-be-good-ancestor/</font></div><div style=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">An extract is below. </font></div><div style=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Thanks, </font></div><div style=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Vandana</font></div><div style=""><div class="lead | border_box gutter_16--desktop gutter_16--tablet relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin: 0px 16px;"><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0 railless margin_horizontal_10 width_max_1080" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 20px auto; max-width: 50%;"><span class="html-render">Wittingly or not, Washington had identified a fundamental flaw in democracy: that the billions upon billions of people who will inhabit the future and will be impacted by our choices have no political voice. They are granted no rights or representation. Their interests can’t compete with the cut and thrust of a presidential election or the short-term cycles of 24/7 media. And since they’re not here, they can’t take direct action by leaping in front of the king’s horse like an English suffragette or staging a sit-in like a civil rights activist.</span></p></div><div class="body | gutter_16--desktop gutter_16--tablet
" style="margin: 0px 16px;"><div class="arc_ad | background_transparent border_box border_none container color_gray column text_align_center width_full float_clear ad_position_ad_inarticle1 margin_vertical_40" id="ad_position_ad_inarticle1" style="margin-bottom: 40px; margin-top: 40px; width: 1199.33px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); clear: both; text-align: center; flex-direction: column;"><p class="font_primary font_size_11" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.8; font-family: BentonSansCond, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 100%;"></p></div><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0 railless margin_horizontal_10 width_max_1080" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 20px auto; max-width: 50%;"><span class="html-render">But the future is getting a voice in ingenious new ways.</span></p><p class="paragraph | gutter_20_0 railless margin_horizontal_10 width_max_1080" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 20px auto; max-width: 50%;"><span class="html-render">The Japanese town of Yahaba, population 27,000, is unremarkable except for the fact that it is home to one of the most pioneering and horizon-stretching experiments in the history of modern democracy.</span></p></div></div></div></body></html>