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Jim Brumm is an American writer and environmental advocate known for his work promoting sustainability and long-term thinking. He has written extensively on ecological responsibility and the intersection of human behavior and environmental ethics.
Known for: Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World: Restoring Happiness, Balance, and Sanity to Our Lives and Our Planet
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Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World: Restoring Happiness, Balance, and Sanity to Our Lives and Our Planet
This book by Jim Brumm examines how humanity’s obsession with short-term gains undermines our long-term well-being. Through examples from energy policy, debt management, and environmental stewardship, Brumm advocates for a shift toward sustainable, long-term thinking to restore balance and happiness to both our lives and the planet.
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The Nature of Short-Term Thinking
When I speak of short-term thinking, I’m not condemning urgency itself, but the obsession with immediacy that has crept into every corner of modern life. Our economic systems reward quarterly profits, our political cycles hinge on immediate popularity, and our consumer culture equates satisfaction w...
From Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World: Restoring Happiness, Balance, and Sanity to Our Lives and Our Planet
Consequences of Short-Termism
The price of short-term thinking is everywhere, though we seldom stop to total it. Our soil erodes, our climate destabilizes, our cities consume energy as if the supply were infinite. Economically, the same pattern repeats: individuals leverage the future for comfort in the present, governments defe...
From Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World: Restoring Happiness, Balance, and Sanity to Our Lives and Our Planet
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Jim Brumm is an American writer and environmental advocate known for his work promoting sustainability and long-term thinking. He has written extensively on ecological responsibility and the intersection of human behavior and environmental ethics.
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Jim Brumm is an American writer and environmental advocate known for his work promoting sustainability and long-term thinking. He has written extensively on ecological responsibility and the intersection of human behavior and environmental ethics.
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