In the excerpt from the course, Becoming a Good Ancestor, Roman shows how great art—ancient Greek tragedy, Hollywood war films, classic novels like To Kill a Mockingbird, and searing social-documentary photographs—invites us to step inside unfamiliar lives and feel the world from within their stories.

Roman then pushes empathy beyond the human realm. With beluga whales who greet each other by name and dolphins that plan new routines underwater, he reveals how non-human intelligence expands our moral imagination. If empathy can cross cultures, it can also cross species. And it must, if we’re to become true ancestors to the living Earth.

🫂 If you’re ready to stretch your imagination beyond the next quarter and act with the next century in mind, join us. Becoming a Good Ancestor is a journey across cultures and eras, from cathedral builders to present-day “time rebels,” guiding you to live with more meaning and responsibility for those who follow.