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Hello! Two quick pieces of news as we head towards the summer… First, the paperback of History for Tomorrow comes out on July 17, with a lovely new subtitle of How the Past Can Inspire Our Future. You can pre-order a copy here. There’s also a new Italian edition just out to accompany editions in […] The post A new course! And a new book – sort of! appeared first on Roman Krznaric .
Big news – my new TED talk, Lessons from History for a Better Future, has just been released. Based on my latest book History for Tomorrow, it explores three essential lessons we can learn from the past for tackling the urgent challenges of our increasingly turbulent times. It’s a journey that takes in ancient Japan, […] The post New TED talk! Lessons from History for a Better Future appeared…
Did you know that clickbait and fake news were invented in the 16th century, driving the persecution of so-called ‘witches’? That an ancient Japanese city developed a sustainable, circular economy that served over a million people? That Spain has a 1000-year-old water court that still meets in public every Thursday to democratically distribute scarce irrigation […] The post Where can we find hope…
Hello to you all. As fate would have it, my new book, History for Tomorrow: Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity, will be published on the same day as the UK general election, July 4. The good news is that it’s got plenty of historical insights for the future Prime Minister (in […] The post History for Tomorrow: summer launch events appeared first on Roman Krznaric .
What can we learn from the last 1000 of history for confronting the challenges of our age, from the climate crisis to the risks of artificial intelligence? This is the subject of my new book, History for Tomorrow: Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity, which will be published in the UK on July […] The post HISTORY FOR TOMORROW – new book coming soon! appeared first on Roman Krznaric…
“I’d never heard of this bloody place Guatemala until I was in my 79th year” – Winston Churchill If you don’t know much about Guatemala, then you’re not alone. But if you’d like to find out more about this country of extraordinary beauty and tragedy, then I invite you have a look at my new […] The post New book: What The Rich Don’t Tell The Poor appeared first on Roman Krznaric .
My adventures with my new book The Good Ancestor continue apace. The US edition has just been been released (please support your local bookstore!) and there will be editions coming out soon in Dutch, Chinese and other languages. If you haven’t yet read the book, you can get a taste of it in this 7-minute […] The post It’s time to invent the ‘Buy Later’ button! appeared first on Roman Krznaric .
So here it is, after more than three years of toil. My new book, The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World, is published today. The book explores six different ways we can learn to think long term and overcome the pathological short-termism of the modern world, and celebrates the ‘time […] The post Six Ways to Think Long Term (new book out today!) appeared first on Roman…
It’s been more than a year since my last blogpost – but I can explain my absence…I’ve been finalising my latest book, The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World, which will be published in the UK on July 16 by Penguin Random House. The book has a simple question at […] The post How Can We Be Good Ancestors? New video and new book! appeared first on Roman Krznaric .
‘We treat the future like a distant colonial outpost devoid of people, where we can freely dump ecological degradation, technological risk, nuclear waste and public debt.’ This is a quote from an article I’ve just published on the BBC Futures website called Why We Need To Reinvent Democracy for the Long-Term. I’d hugely appreciate if […] The post Have We Colonised The Future? appeared first on…
