LONG NOW — fostering long term thinking
WEBEveryone everywhere is invited to join us on this journey. Our global membership program connects over 11,000 individuals across more than 65 countries to a whole world of long-term thinking. TOP: Long Now members in conversation at The Interval. BOTTOM: The Interval, The Long Now Foundation's bar, café, museum and event space. The Long Now ...
Talks - Long Now
WEBLong Now Talks started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from speakers around the world. By encouraging thought and conversation about what might be in store for us in the next century, the next millennium, and the next geological era, The Long Now Foundation ultimately tries to expand our collective sense of the present moment.
The Clock of the Long Now - Long Now
WEBIn 02024, Danny Hillis answered frequently asked questions about The Clock. In 02022, the bells of The Clock pealed for the first time. This footage is from the new documentary We Are As Gods, which explores the many legacies of Long Now co-founder Stewart Brand. Video unavailable.
The Truth About Antarctica - Long Now
WEBFeb 21, 2023 · The only continent with no history of human habitation, the vast ice fields of Antarctica have formed a blank slate onto which humanity can project itself: all of itself, from the heroic, imperial superego to the conspiratorial id. It has attracted pilgrims and truth-seekers, scientists and artists, writers and soldiers.
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Stewart Brand
WEB“Smart, practical, wise and full of goodwill.” —RICHARD RHODES “This is a short course on how to change your mind intelligently.” —KEVIN KELLY “…charts a way forward that shatters conventional thinking, and yet leaves one brimming with hope. It has been years since I have read a book that in so many ways changed the way I think about so many fundamental issues.” —WADE DAVIS ...
Danny Hillis - Long Now
WEBW. Daniel ("Danny") Hillis is the co-founder of Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists and artists that develop technology solutions in partnership with leading companies and entrepreneurs. He is also the co-founder of Applied Minds, visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab, the Widney Professor of Engineering and ...
The Future Will Have to Wait - The Long Now - Long Now …
WEBIt is going to be a kind of gigantic mechanical computer, slow, simple and ingenious, marking the hour, the day, the year, the century, the millennium, and the precession of the equinoxes, with a huge orrery to keep track of the immense ticking of the six naked-eye planets on their great orbital mainspring. The Clock of the Long Now will stand ...
Manual for Civilization - Long Now
WEBApr 5, 2010 · In so doing, I think we fail to distinguish between the life-span of civilizations and that of our species. In fact, civilizations are ephemeral compared with species. Humans have lasted at least a million years, but there have been 30 civilizations in the past 5000 years. Humans are tough and will survive; civilizations are fragile.
Long Quotes: Jonas Salk - Long Now
WEBJul 18, 2010 · What is the long now?. The Long Now Foundation is a nonprofit established in 01996 to foster long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we …
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