Christopher MacDonald is a translator and interpreter in South Wales. He is the author of The Science of War: Sun Tzu’s Art of War re-translated and re-considered.
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Seventh Generation vs. (sigh) ‘Longtermism’
The intention of Seventh Generation thinking, as I see it, is to better relationalize our world – as in recognizing and pouring life into the organic links that connect everything to everything. The intention of longtermism, on the other hand…. Well, I really wonder.
March 8, 2023
