#TK2021: Spend your voice to your child!
At the end of January I read this article and immediately bought the book.
The tyranny of our short-term thinking
The book doesn't really want to float yet, but it's up to me because
you need to concentrate for a while.
The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term
The title says the. Everything is focused on the short term.
And that's what we're going to break down quite simply.
We are devastated by our pleasure, VOF already sang the art in my anthem.
Of course, we already know that for a long time and there is already a lot of beauty going on.
But it won't be enough at this rate.
In the interview with the writer there was a piece that made me crackling sparks.
(His wife, by the way, is the wife of the 'donut economy' which is an intelligent power couple!)
Here he comes:
The writer said there are strains where every plan is tested for the seventh generation:
There are all kinds of examples of non-Western cultures in which the long term is central. For example, several native residents of the United States, such as the Iroquois and the Dakota, know the concept of “seven-degenerative thinking". Krznaric cites an Iroquois tribal chief who explained to him: “Every decision we make is tested against the question: does this benefit the seventh generation following us? "
Or take the Maori in New Zealand:
In their culture, the concept of whakapapa is central. Krznaric: “We are part of a chain of life that comes far from the past and reaches far into the future. Whakapapa is the idea that I'm not just sitting here in my study, but that all previous generations and generations to come are watching over my shoulder with what I do."
We will soon have elections here in the Netherlands!
And what did this writer and his wife do the last election in his country?
They outsourced their voices to the 11-year-old twins they have together and they decided as a result of the discussion
at the kitchen table on which there is going to be voted.
We are going to do the same before the next elections. Our children are 7, 11 and 17.
They're going to determine our voice by looking at the really long term together.
And I want to do something with this on Yoors, too. Still no idea what or how.? !
#YoorsMarch2021 would be a logical...
Help!
You must have a coat rack for the discussion, I think.
So I'll read the book soon.
I think it would be wonderful if more people would outsource their voices to their kids.
It's about your children and their children. And the seven generations after that!
We still sit this out with once every ten years a layer of ice on the locks..
Just a nice exercise of Krznaric:
“Close your eyes and think of a child dear to you. A niece, a neighbor boy, your own child. Think about what his or her face looks like now. Now it's thirty years later. What does he look like? Who is she talking to? ? What does he do? ? Then you travel even further ahead in time. Imagine the face when the child is ninety. Think how he, surrounded by lovers, gets a baby in his arms. A first great-grandchild. What kind of world does he see when he looks out the window? "
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The last three out of that line don't tell me anything.
In 1981 ( toen was ik 6 jaar oud ) kreeg ik dit boek van mijn oom. Ik kijk er nu nog weleens regelmatig in. Staan ook opdrachten in, stripverhalen en hoe politiek nou in elkaar zit.
Actually, this article is also a bit directly opposed to the movement of 'living in the now', which also strikes wild. Since this movement reminds you that you have to think less of another and more about yourself.
Our children are twenties, who have their own voice already. Our eldest did political, social and communication - sciences at the university, although in his specialization he did go to communication. But with him, we can have these exciting discussions.. His thinking and arguments are well founded.
In the classroom we also often talk about their future. (The children are 8 to 10.) What strikes me there is that they usually express the ideas of their parents. (I often had their fathers and mothers also in the classroom. It's a small community, where everyone knows.) Talking to children, having their own opinions expressed is something that happens too little. Most people are herds and proclaim what another proclaims. And that starts from a young age. I'm trying to teach them that they can have their own opinion, that they should not walk with that herd, but that opinion should be thought over.
The Keepers of the earth
And as they have gotten older, I realise that their views are different to mine at times because their world is also different to my world.
To do something on Yoors. Do you just want to do something about childrens political opinions on Yoors or in general?
Perhaps once a week or even once every two weeks, there could be a topic, or a question and we could let our children answer it.
Parents could then post on their children's behalf for those who aren't on Yoors already.
I remember once asking @Gabriella what she would change if she was president and it was really interesting how her simple answers could actually make a difference.