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March 1, 2016
We have lost our sense of extension in time.
Until now, every generation of every civilization saw itself as a living bridge between past and future— as heirs and beneficiaries of the productive labor of their forebears, and stewards of that treasure for children yet unborn. But now, having pulled up our roots (and salted the earth from which they sprang), we have no inheritance to cherish and preserve; that which we have not simply squandered, we have taught ourselves to despise. - - The Marshmallow Test
Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 1, 2016 4:11 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.