6| How to be a Good Ancestor: Thinking and Acting for the Future- with Roman Krznaric

This episode is an interview with public philosopher Roman Krznaric. Roman is a founding member of the school of life, and has previously published books on empathy (Empathy: why it matters and how to get it) and redefining existentialism for the modern world (carpe diem regained). We discuss issues of empathy in this episode, but the discussion is focused around the ideas and problems raised by Roman's new book: The Good Ancestor- how to think long-term in a short term world. Listen to this episode for an exploration of questions like: Why should we help future generations when there are so much suffering and injustice in the world today? How can we use creativity to help us empathise with future generations?  What should the goal of humanity be? And many more... This interview was conducted and edited by Toby Tremlett