Our neighborhood planning committee can't agree on zoning changes because some of us are thinking about property values and current residents while others are focused on what the area will need in 30 years for climate resilience. Every meeting becomes young versus old, even though it's really about different time horizons.
More people experience this than they realize.
Different temporal perspectives are creating false divisions when the real challenge is integrating multiple time scales.
“Where Are You with Intergenerational thinking — 7th generation perspective?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.