Long Now Foundation
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Long Now is a non-profit organization fostering long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.
San Francisco, CA
Joined July 2008
Today, we are thrilled to launch The Council at Long Now. The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields—architecture, technology, economics, art, science, entertainment, and more—to serve as ambassadors for
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@NoemaMag @MchughJess Read the article in Noema: https://t.co/SWvVZinsXG More on launching the Rosetta disk into space:
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The Long Now Foundation fosters long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.
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In this deeply researched piece in @NoemaMag, journalist @MchughJess explores how scientists and archivists are expanding preservation—from freezing endangered species’ cells, to encoding ancient languages onto disks sent into space, featuring our work on the Rosetta disk ->
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Demand for clean, reliable power is surging - and nuclear's moment is only beginning. Consider Investing in a new cycle of potential growth with $NUKZ.
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Challenges that feel impossible to tackle within a single human lifetime become conceivable when you have a longer timescale to work with. Today is a day to take the long view. Join our community of long-term thinking, 02026 is going to be a good one. https://t.co/WZ7cPt9H6i
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Programming bacteria could be the key to making off-planet technologies like building materials, medicines, and more, from NASA researcher Lynn Rothschild's Long Now Talk.
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“Into the Time Horizon” is a stunning exhibition currently running at The Nevada Museum of Art. It invites visitors to consider how to move forward on our planet—ethically, responsibly, and with care for coming generations. Featuring art (pictured here) from Jeffrey Gibson, “The
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Read more from Ialenti’s work on Long Now Ideas here:
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Vincent Ialenti is a cultural anthropologist who studies the various ways in which human communities understand time and envision the future. He is currently a Berggruen Fellow at the University of...
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Protecting future generations takes engineering, technology, diplomacy—and mythmaking. Vincent Ialenti writes about what it will take to warn future humans about nuclear waste in this amazing read in Scientific American:
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Designing nuclear-waste repositories is part engineering, part anthropology—and part mythmaking
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“You are burning the books by not saving the books.” Alexander Rose built a library at Burning Man that would burn to the ground unless every one helped save it. Did the books survive?
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AI reinforcement learning works by modeling the past, but it falls apart when things change in real time. What to do? @blaiseaguera and his team have the answer: empathy.
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@footage @internetarchive Join the YouTube Premier/livestream for the 20th anniversary screening here:
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Hidden gems of vintage footage reveal our cool San Francisco vibe - come see & get inspired!
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Archivists have said for years: preservation without access is pointless. Beginning in 02000, Prelinger Archives (@footage), in collaboration with @internetarchive, have digitized thousands of films, many of which were precious home movies and amateur films which were in danger
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While scanning films to produce digital files demands skill, technology, and resources, it is more achievable than ever before. And many are still at risk.
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Honored to see my essay on the rebirth of Boston's Mystic River in @longnow's annual journal, Pace Layers. I argue that the multi-generational work of restoring a polluted waterway should be celebrated like the medieval enterprise of building a gothic cathedral. @MysticMyRWA
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The insights of @StewartBrand are what initiated Pace Layers. It's a privilege to share his latest thinking in our new issue, which you can order here:
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Pace Layers is Long Now’s annual journal exploring the deep past and possible futures of civilization through essays, interviews, fiction, poetry, and visual art.
Here’s a direct link to an excerpt from my MAINTENANCE book titled “The Essential Art of Civilization.” It’s in Long Now’s annual magazine, PACE LAYERS.
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We are excited to share that DRI's Anne Heggli's work appears in this year’s Pace Layers journal, a publication dedicated to long-term thinking and enduring futures. You can learn more about the issue at
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Pace Layers is Long Now’s annual journal exploring the deep past and possible futures of civilization through essays, interviews, fiction, poetry, and visual art.
Times of fragmentation call for a legible sense of order. We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. Pace Layers explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment through essays, interviews,
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Grateful to see my essay “Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective” appear in @longnow’s annual journal, Pace Layers.
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Working on this year's issue of Pace Layers has given me a welcome dose of perspective during uncertain times. I hope it'll do the same for you.
Times of fragmentation call for a legible sense of order. We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. Pace Layers explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment through essays, interviews,
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@blaiseaguera @bratton @Sara_Imari @ezraklein @DKThomp @romankrznaric @KateRaworth @jonathonkeats @aeheggli @chrismichel @stewartbrand Pace Layers takes its name and shape from Long Now cofounder Stewart Brand’s pace layers framework — a tool for thinking about how civilizations work. Get your copy here: https://t.co/U4gh8roPR2
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