Dhansay, Taufeeq2022-11-142022-11-142022Dhansay, 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/aa54i1/102415-0479http://hdl.handle.net/11660/11954Roman 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.enCommentaryThe Good AncestorRoman KrznaricArticleAuthor(s)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/