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Intergenerational thinking — 7th generation perspective

The Haudenosaunee great law asks that every decision be weighed against its effect on the seventh generation yet to come. This is not sentimentality — it is a technology for making the future real enough to care about now. How would your current choices appear to the grandchildren of your grandchildren's grandchildren?

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