WATCH: Operationalising Long Termism
Watch this session with pioneers who are reorientating our politics, culture and economy to take future generations into account…
Operationalising Long Termism with Roman Krznaric (author of The Good Ancestor), Sophie Howe (Future Generations Commissioner for Wales), Indy Johar (Founding Director, Dark Matter Labs), Julia Olson (Founder, Executive Director, and Chief Legal Counsel of Our Children’s Trust (OCT) and Ella Saltmarshe (Co-Founder of The Long Time Project).
In this session Philosopher Roman Krznaric dives into the ideas in his new book, The Good Ancestor. Sophie Howe, The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, talks about how to integrate long-termism into government and Indy Johar, founder of Dark Matter Labs talks to explore financial innovations to enable a systemic shift to long-termism.
The Long Time Sessions
With all its crises, 2020 is a poignant reminder that we need longer-term thinking now to tackle the existential risks we face and create a better world for future generations.
The Long Time Sessions is a fortnightly Zoom talk series on cultivating care for the world beyond our lifetimes. It brings together leading thinkers and doers from art, culture, philosophy, science, technology, law, finance and politics, to take a longer view. Speakers will explore how engaging with the long-term can change the way we act in the short term.
Biographies:
Roman Krznaric
Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. His books, including Empathy, The Wonderbox and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than 20 languages. His new book, The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World, has been described by U2’s The Edge as ‘the book our children’s children will thank us for reading’. After growing up in Sydney and Hong Kong, Roman studied at the universities of Oxford, London and Essex, where he gained his PhD in political sociology. He went on to found the world’s first Empathy Museum and the digital Empathy Library, and was also a founding faculty member of The School of Life. He is currently a Research Fellow of the Long Now Foundation.
Sophie Howe
Sophie was appointed as the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales in February 2016. Her role is to act as a guardian for the interests of future generations in Wales, and to support the public bodies listed in the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 to work towards achieving the well-being goals. Prior to this role, Sophie was the first Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales.
Indy Johar
Indy is a founding Director of 00 and Dark Matter Labs. An architect by training, Indy is a Senior Innovation Associate with the Young Foundation and a visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield. He co-founded Impact Hub Birmingham and Open Systems Lab, was a member of the RSA’s Inclusive Growth Commission. He is a thought leader in system change, the future of urban infrastructure finance, outcome-based investment, and the future of governance.
Julia Olson
Julia Olson is the founder, Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel of Our Children’s Trust (OCT). Julia graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1997, and founded OCT in 2010 when, as a young mother, she realized that the greatest threat to her children and children everywhere was climate change. Julia is lead counsel in Juliana v. United States, the constitutional climate change case brought by 21 youth against the U.S. government for violating their Fifth Amendment rights to life, liberty, property, and public trust resources. Julia and OCT are recipients of the Rose-Walters Prize for Global Environmental Activism.
Ella Saltmarshe
Is a co-founder of The Long Time Project. Her work sits at the intersection of culture, narrative and systems change. She’s founded organisations and initiatives like The Point People, The Comms Lab, ItsOurTime, SHEvotes and Time to Vote. Her writing for stage and screen is represented by The Agency. She fascinated by the intersection between fiction and futures, see this recent film she wrote for the Guardian. Ella’s writing on culture and social change has been published in The Guardian, BBC, The Financial Times, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Wired, Monocle & Creative Review.