Emerson Arthur

When I was 20 one of my best friends Ryan Heumann, died on the cliffs of Big Sur. He had just become a father only months before and left behind an amazing amount of love and inspiration. When ever I have something scary to do like public speaking, direct action or an important meeting (these are all scary because I have social anxiety), I think about Ryan and his fearless positivity. Anyway, there isn’t much on the web about Ryan so I thought I would post virtual memorial. Maybe I’ll re-connect with some of his old friends through the site. If you knew ryan send me any stories or pictures that you would like me to post.

It is self-evident that in a democratic political system the short-term interests of the present generation can pose a threat to the long-term interests of their posterity. Without a systematic or constitutional means of balancing these potentially conflicting interests, posterity is represented only as a tenuous secondary interest of a handful of citizens who must balance and blend their representation of future interests with their own present interests. Continue reading ‘Our Posterity’