Lets talk about the real world for a moment. We had been discussing it earlier, and I:I wanted to bring this up to you earlier about the real world, and this is I guess as good a time as any. I don't really know to put this, so I'll be blunt. We broke it. Please don't be mad. I know we were supposed to bequeath to the next generation a world better than the one we were handed. So, sorry.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Stewart apologizes for failing to leave the world better for future generations.
- In plain terms
- He apologizes for breaking the world.
- What can you take from it?
- Current generations have failed their responsibility to the future.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What responsibility do we owe the future?
Another view
It places too much blame on a single generation.
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