An eye turned on the 22nd Century

Yesterday afternoon, we were fortunate to watch our grandson Finn. While we were on a stroll with him I couldn’t help but think that this little guy stands a pretty good chance to witness the next century. He’s almost 8 month today and will be 93 in 2101! Then my mind wandered further and I kept on thinking what will his experience be and what will he see on the way to that other milestone? What will have happened to humanity in its relation with planet earth and will we have become a tiny bit more human and a great deal less foolish? Small little guy, yet enormous questions that current worries seem to obliterate because the pain of the moment seem so important and mobilizes so much of our attention that we forget what hides on the other side of the hill. We’re so driven by the short-term, that we’re blind to the future, and fortunately, grand-children exist to remind us about its screaming reality…