Name: What's your 200-year plan?
Uploaded: 2012-07-04T14:16:42Z
Duration: 10 min 41 s
Description: You might have a 5-year plan, but what about a 200-year plan? Artist Raghava KK has set his eyes on an ultra-long-term horizon; at TEDxSummit, he shows how it helps guide today's choices and tomorrow's goals -- and encourages you to make your own 200-year plan too.

You might have a 5-year plan, but what about a 200-year plan? Artist Raghava KK has set his eyes on an ultra-long-term horizon; at TEDxSummit, he shows how it helps guide today's choices and tomorrow's goals -- and encourages you to make your own 200-year plan too.

What's your 200-year plan?

Planning for 200 years into the future invites imagination beyond the limits of one lifetime. Instead of just focusing on quick wins, it encourages people to reflect deeply on what to keep, what to forget, and how to curate their digital and personal legacies. One family’s love for Mae West lives on, generations later, as a creative misspelling passed down through names. This approach challenges the idea that education alone defines legacy, arguing that creativity and self-authorship matter even more.