My friend VW recently expressed his concern of global warming (see http://vwswong.blogspot.com/2009/12/warm.html).
His worry was quite simple. In short, although it is unlikely that the sea level could have a meaningful rise during our life time, it seems mostly likely that the level would rise by at least 5.6 meters in the next 1000 years.
I could not agree more. As a parent, I am always concerned with what type of world I leave for Euterpe and her children.
However, at the same time, another story in ancient China comes through my mind:
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文承閒問其父嬰曰：「子之子為何？」曰：「為孫。」「孫之孫為何？」曰：「為玄孫。」「玄孫之孫為何？」曰：「不能知也。」文曰：「... 今君 ... 厚積餘藏，欲以遺所不知何人，而 忘公家之事日損，文竊怪之。」
〔史記卷七十五孟嘗君列傳〕
按：文，孟嘗君田文也。
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Is there any difference between monetary wealth and a metaphysical legacy ?
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