The Long View Quotes

“forever is composed of nows’.”
― Richard Fisher, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

“the further that people project their mind into the future, the more abstract and psychologically distant its inhabitants become.”
― Richard Fisher, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

“The indigenous faith of Japan, Shinto is at least 8,000 years old as a religion, with an emphasis on the values of harmony, collectivism and cooperation.”
― Richard Fisher, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

“With believers concentrated mainly in Iran and India, Zoroastrianism is much smaller than the major global religions: between 100,000–200,000 followers by some estimates.”
― Richard Fisher, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

“Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest faiths, and was founded approximately 3,500 years ago.”
― Richard Fisher, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

“Yazd, a desert city around 600km (373 miles) south-east of Tehran. In 1934, a new temple was built there to house it, where it continues to burn to this day. It’s one of only nine in the world – a flame that has been kept alive for more than 1,500 years.”
― Richard Fisher, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

“What’s really interesting about episodic memory is that it also unlocks the future. Cochrane, who lacked it, was unique to science not only because he couldn’t remember events that did happen, but also because he was incapable of imagining events that could happen. When scientists realised this, it was something of a surprise.”
― Richard Fisher, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

“Japan. One intriguing fact about shinise is that a large proportion of them provide services that never go out of fashion. Of the 1,000 companies more than 300 years old, 230 are in the alcohol business, 117 are hotels and 155 in the food industry.”
― Richard Fisher, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time