Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This questions the value of future generations by highlighting their lack of past contribution.
- In plain terms
- Why should I care about the future when the past did nothing for me?
- What can you take from it?
- Future generations need to earn support through past actions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is owed to the future?
- Does history owe you?
Another view
It ignores the natural desire to protect offspring.
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