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Justin Cronin

The future that I will not live to see is the one my children will live in. That's my immortality. And I shouldn't try to mortgage theirs for my benefit.

Justin Cronin

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The author is saying that even though he won't be alive in the future, his children will experience it, so his legacy continues through them. He believes it’s wrong to make choices now that harm their future just to gain something for himself today.

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