This is the book our children's children will thank us for reading ? The Edge, U2

Roman Krznaric's brilliant book The Good Ancestor champions the long-term thinking that could lead us out of our multiple disasters. ? George Monbiot

Beautiful to read, heartfelt and persuasive The Good Ancestor is one of those landmark books with the power to shift a mindset. One turns the pages feeling a growing compulsion for change. Krznaric?s clarion call for long-term thinking makes him an ancestor all future generations can be proud of ? Isabella Tree, author of Wilding

A philosopher's contribution to saving the world ? Andrew Anthony, Observer

Packed with commonsense advice on how to develop an uncommon habit ? Irish Times
Biografía del autor

Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. His books, including Empathy, The Wonderbox and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than 20 languages.

After growing up in Sydney and Hong Kong, Roman studied at the universities of Oxford, London and Essex, where he gained his PhD in political sociology. He went on to found the world?s first Empathy Museum and the digital Empathy Library, and was also a founding faculty member of The School of Life. He is currently a Research Fellow of the Long Now Foundation in San Francisco.


Roman has been named by The Observer as one of Britain?s leading popular philosophers. His writings have been widely influential amongst political and ecological campaigners, education reformers, social entrepreneurs and designers. An acclaimed public speaker, his talks and workshops have taken him from a London prison to Google?s headquarters in California.