10. Future Focus And Sustainability
Our actions and policies should be motivated by long-term goals.
We seek to protect valuable natural resources, safely disposing of or 'unmaking' all waste we create, while developing a sustainable economics that does not depend on continual expansion for survival.
We must counterbalance the drive for short-term profits by assuring that economic development, new technologies, and fiscal policies are responsible to future generations who will inherit the results of our actions.
We must make the quality of all lives, rather than open-ended economic growth, the focus of future thinking and policy.