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What does it mean?
Posterity holds sacred responsibility for opportunity and responsibility across generations.
In plain terms
We must give future generations opportunities and expect responsibility from them too.
What can you take from it?
Act responsibly for the sake of future generations.

Where it applies

  • policy making
  • education
  • environmental decisions

Putting it to work

  • plan long term
  • invest in youth
  • model responsibility

Questions to consider

  • What responsibility do we owe the future?
  • How do you define opportunity?

Another view

It assumes a uniform view of what constitutes opportunity.

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