I’ve planted many trees in my life and never stayed long enough in any of my four houses to see the trees mature to the point where they provided usable shade. Yet, I can visit places with magnificent trees that were planted by people who also didn’t see them mature.
People have built cathedrals that took generations to complete. They never got a payback for their efforts.
Nobody looks past the next quarter when running a company, anymore. It’s always short-term thinking and we are suffering for it.
We often benefit from investments like museums and parks that were made by those who proceeded us. Is that ending with the What’s in it for Me generation?
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