Andrew's Minute Paper 1/29

One thing that particularly struck me both about the discussions in class today as well as the readings that were assigned was that the arguments for a futurist outlook focus entirely on the how of futurism, not the why. Because, while it is all well and good to state such things as "it is ethical to give a damn about the future" or "future generations are our conscience", such arguments aren't necessarily going to win over those whose overriding obsession is the now. One segment in particular from the reading caught my mind with regards to fore thinking. There was a section implying that the future generations might be entitled to more weight in decision making than present generation. While one might admit that helping the future is worth accomplishing, one might also question a belief that requires that to be at the expense of the present.