What We Owe the Next Generation
At some point every community has to reckon with a simple question: are we building something that will outlast us? It is easy to focus on immediate needs — the program this weekend, the rent for this month, the logistics of this event. These things matter and they demand attention. But they can also become the whole horizon if we are not careful, and a community that only manages the present has no particular reason to expect a future. ...