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- We are so starved for aura we have to farm into the future now, I too would like to dine.by hellojomp
- I agree, this is pure (US) boomer behavior, they still think that the world will care about them almost a century into the future from the moment of their deaths. The world won't do that, one of the reasons being that said boomers have been quite talentless given their resources.by paganel
- Pretty presumptuous to assume anyone will care in 88 years
- Maybe, but these are pretty famous writers and artists. I'm sure we would care today if say, Ernest Hemingway or F. Scott Fitzgerald had locked away some works 88 years ago.by jhbadger
- Lock it in a massive ice block that takes 88 years to melt. https://elephant.art/laurie-anderson-duets-on-ice-performanc...by milleramp
- With current predictions. Which means it will likely be melted in 10-15by coldtea
- I am not a fan of these super-natural art projects. It is one thing to make a statue that might stand for a thousand years ... or not. It is another to designate forest land and other resources, to attempt to lock them away from use by future generations.
The legal system dealt with this hundreds of years ago. We cannot have "dead hands" dictating how future generations should live and work. The proper vehicle for such things is government. Donate the land as a park or nature preserve and cross your fingers that your intent will be respected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_against_perpetuities
A similar worry developed around the concept of compound interest. Some semi-rich people wanted to park money in bank accounts for a few generations in order to make thier great-grandkids into powerful people... with explicit instructions on how to use that money/power. Such multi-generation shenanigans are against the general public interest.
by sandworm101 - > We cannot have "dead hands" dictating how future generations should live and work
The whole world is dictated by dead hands. I cannot walk around pristine forests (maybe I even need to pre-register), I need to deal with bureaucracy, I need to pay taxes, almost every single landscape is ruined by human buildings, etc. So what is that even about?
by vasco - It's 88 years. The odds of it falling afoul of the law against perpetuities is negligible and would indicate something catastrophic happened.by HWR_14
- >We cannot have "dead hands" dictating how future generations should live and work.
Almost everything (tech, cultural, etc) you have now is because of "dead hands".
Wish we had more dead hands dictating how future generations should live and work. And more current people having a vision of the world and what they build and live for beyond their own lifetime.
by coldtea