The distinction between inheriting and borrowing is more philosophically precise than it first appears, and the implications of that precision extend far beyond the question of environmental stewardship.
We Do Not Inherit the Earth. We Borrow It From Tomorrow Read More »
Continuity, the condition of being unbroken across time, is the rarest quality available in human experience. We live in an era of discontinuity. Technologies emerge and are superseded within years.
Why the World’s Greatest Luxury Is Continuity Read More »
The reason the distinction between wealth and legacy matters is not primarily philosophical. It is psychological, and it is about what actually produces lasting satisfaction at the level of a human life.
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Humans build cathedrals that will take two centuries to complete, knowing they will never see the finished spire. They plant trees whose full shade they will never sit beneath. They found charities, write books, commission portraits, and endow scholarships at universities that did not exist when they were born.
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