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The Long View

Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

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The Long View

By: Richard Fisher
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A wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of the importance of long-term thinking.

Humans are unique in our ability to understand time, able to comprehend the past and future like no other species. Yet modern-day technology and capitalism have supercharged our short-termist tendencies and trapped us in the present, at the mercy of reactive politics, quarterly business targets and 24-hour news cycles.

It wasn't always so. In medieval times, craftsmen worked on cathedrals that would be unfinished in their lifetime. Indigenous leaders fostered intergenerational reciprocity. And in the early twentieth century, writers dreamed of worlds thousands of years hence. Now, as we face long-term challenges on an unprecedented scale, how do we recapture that far-sighted vision?

Richard Fisher takes us from the boardrooms of Japan - home to some of the world's oldest businesses - to an Australian laboratory where an experiment started a century ago is still going strong. He examines the psychological biases that discourage the long view, and talks to the growing number of people from the worlds of philosophy, technology, science and the arts who are exploring smart ways to overcome them. How can we learn to widen our perception of time and honour our obligations to the lives of those not yet born?

©2023 Richard Fisher (P)2023 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Decision-Making & Problem Solving Future Studies Social Psychology & Interactions Career Thought-Provoking

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"A wise, humane book laced with curiosity and hope. It will open your mind and horizons - and leave you giddy at the prospect of all that we may yet become." (Tom Chatfield, author of How to Think)

"Hope-filled and revelatory... Beautifully readable and scholarly, rich and personal, this book shows how, to leave a robust legacy for the future, we need to overcome our bias for the present." (Rowan Hooper, author of How to Spend a Trillion Dollars)

"A soaring hymn to all that might lie in the future; alongside the diverse and beautiful ways to think about it. Overflowing with wisdom and insight." (Thomas Moynihan, author of X-Risk)

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Well researched broad look at the importance of taking the long view

Recommended! If I was to be picky I probably wanted more ideas for prosecuting the long view in tough jurisdictions - a what can I do approach. The stories though are excellent and the reader can draw on many for inspiration.

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A sensational, in depth exploration & explanation of a concept that, if humanity is to survive, will sustain & enrich the lives of all who exist currently & the many, many more to follow. Short term, market driven initiatives have got us so far, however, not only will they not provide solutions to current crisis’, they are the source.

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