# Intergenerational Stewardship **Domain:** Deep Time / Future Generations / Ethics **Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Entry **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Established policy field + continuity extension ## Definition **Intergenerational Stewardship** is the responsibility of present institutions to preserve conditions, resources, records, and decision capacity for future people. ## Why It Matters for Deep Time Continuity Continuity expands the object of stewardship from environment and infrastructure to identity-bearing state and future continuants. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence UN, Welsh, nuclear, climate, trust, and environmental frameworks all operationalize versions of intergenerational responsibility. ## Deep-Time Continuity Analysis Deep-time continuity adds the possibility that the future beneficiary may be a continuation of a presently existing person. ## Evidentiary Boundary The extension to continuants is normative, not current law. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/UN Declaration on Future Generations|UN Declaration on Future Generations]] · [[wiki/Future Generations Commissioner|Future Generations Commissioner]] · [[wiki/Deep-Time Stewardship|Deep-Time Stewardship]] · [[wiki/Deep-Time Beneficiary|Deep-Time Beneficiary]] <!-- BEGIN DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING --> ## Canonical Branch [[wiki/Deep Time Continuity|Deep Time Continuity]] <!-- END DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING --> ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Every generation builds the world that will choose its grandchildren. The surest legacy any person can leave is a better environment for the people who come next.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat, 2026* [[reminders/Product Stewardship/Every Generation Builds the World That Chooses Its Grandchildren by Bryant McGill|Every Generation Builds the World That Chooses Its Grandchildren by Bryant McGill]]