LONG NOW — fostering long term thinking
The Long Now Foundation. 2 Marina Boulevard. Fort Mason Center, Building A. San Francisco, California 94123. Long Now's website is changing... The Long Now Foundation is a nonprofit encouraging imagination at the timescale of civilization— the next and last 10,000 years— what we call the long now.
The Clock of the Long Now - Long Now
Once through the doors you head into the darkness of a long tunnel. At the end, there’s the mildest hint of light ahead that you slowly find your way to. You look up. There is a faint light filtering down to you through giant gears illuminating the beginning of a spiral staircase.
Talks - Long Now
Long 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.
Danny Hillis answers frequently asked questions about the 10,000 …
Danny Hillis answers frequently asked questions about the 10,000-year clock. There is a huge clock inside a mountain that will tick for 10,000 years. It’s real. As one example of long-term thinking, the face of this clock has been adopted by The Long Now Foundation in its logo. This very real clock deliberately stirs up many questions.
Six Ways to Think Long-term: A Cognitive Toolkit for Good …
2020年7月19日 · Successful long-term thinking requires turning these disruptions towards Transformative change and ensuring they are not captured by the old system. 6. Transcendent Goal: strive for one-planet thriving. Every society, wrote astronomer Carl Sagan, needs a ‘telos’ to guide it — ‘a long-term goal and a sacred project’.
Prototype 1 - 10,000 Year Clock - The Long Now - Long Now …
Prototype 1. Completed on December 31st 01999. This first prototype of the 10,000 Year Clock is currently on loan to the Science Museum of London, and can be seen as the final piece in the “Making of the Modern World” exhibit. This prototype began to tick on December 31, 01999 after an almost three year research and design effort.
Background - 10,000 Year Clock - The Long Now - Long Now …
This group became the founding board of The Long Now Foundation. One of the members, Peter Schwartz, suggested that 10,000 years be the time frame, as it was about how long humans have had a stable climate and technological progression. In 01997, the Foundation held a design meeting around the 10,000 Year Clock idea where Danny presented his ...
Long-term Thinking - Long Now
Across cultures and across time, group rituals endure because they are about not just the activity itself, but the maintenance of a community and connections between geographically distributed groups, people, and ideas. By Jamie Stantonian. Long-term Thinking.
Brian Eno, "The Long Now" - Long Now
2003年11月14日 · Brian Eno, "The Long Now". We seem trapped in the Short Now. The present generation enjoys the greatest power in history, but it appears to have the shortest vision in history. That combination is lethal. Brian told the origins of his realizations about the "small here" versus the "big here" and the "short now" versus the "long now."
Technology - Long Now
Digital avatars — computer representations of real human beings — are moving increasingly from fiction into reality. Yet these technological advancements risk infringing on the rights of future generations, as well as upending how humans understand and experience death. By Rosalind Moran. Long Now Talks.