Short- vs long-term vs the middle-ground in critical socioeconomic and environmental planning

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2022
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Dhansay, Taufeeq
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University of the Free State
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Roman Krznaric’s The Good Ancestor provides an account of how temporal thinking drives critical global planning. In particular, Krznaric denotes the effect of extensive short-term thinking, i.e. thinking driven by achieving goals in a present-day sense or a singular generational time frame. These goals may include garnering socio-political advocacy and those agendas driven by tangible economic and financial gains. Furthermore, Krznaric highlights how shortterm thinking and policy developed with these kinds of considerations have a negative impact on the earth’s natural environment.
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Commentary, The Good Ancestor, Roman Krznaric
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Dhansay, T. (2022). Short- vs long-term vs the middle-ground in critical socioeconomic and environmental planning. Acta Academica, 54(1), 148-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150479/aa54i1/10
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