The "good ancestor principle"

This is an intriguing way to reframe the sustainability-and-beyond discussion: the "Good Ancestor Principle". It  is based on a challenge posed by Jonas Salk:

"The most important question we must ask ourselves is, “Are we being good ancestors?” Given the rapidly changing discoveries and conditions of the times, this opens up a crucial conversation – just what will it take for our descendants to look back at our decisions today and judge us good ancestors?"

The GAP has been the topic of a workshop earlier this month. There are some pre-workshop papers, and Jamais Cascio has a few notes on the workshop itself.