Long Now Member Dave Elfving underlines the educational value of artificial intelligence — for both learning and teaching. With thousands of members from all around the world, the Long Now community has a wide range of perspectives, stories, and experiences to offer. We’re excited to showcase our annual curated set of short Ignite Talks created […]

Long Now Member Connie Yang provides vibrant examples of elderly people around the world living their best lives, still overflowing with vitality. With thousands of members from all around the world, the Long Now community has a wide range of perspectives, stories, and experiences to offer. We’re excited to showcase our annual curated set of

Long Now Member Andra Keay outlines a bright and hopeful future for autonomous machines. With thousands of members from all around the world, the Long Now community has a wide range of perspectives, stories, and experiences to offer. We’re excited to showcase our annual curated set of short Ignite Talks created and given by the

Long Now Member Alyssa Ravasio features outdoor recreation in her bold long-term vision for land conservation. With thousands of members from all around the world, the Long Now community has a wide range of perspectives, stories, and experiences to offer. We’re excited to showcase our annual curated set of short Ignite Talks created and given

Long Now Member Altay Guvench illuminates a previously unseen world of wonder with a UV light. With thousands of members from all around the world, the Long Now community has a wide range of perspectives, stories, and experiences to offer. We’re excited to showcase our annual curated set of short Ignite Talks created and given

Our bodies, our houses, our land, our space – we humans don’t always like to share. Author Bette Adriaanse talks with Chelsea T. Hicks, and virtual guests Brian Eno, Aqui Thami, and Margaret Levi about property and sharing, and how to make a lasting positive change in the way we share the world with each

Series editor W. Wayt Gibbs moderates a discussion with Ken Caldeira (senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution), Kelly Wanser (Executive Director, SilverLining), and Mark Alpert (journalist and astrophysicist) about the state of the science in the stories, technological feasibility, political and economic hurdles, and more. The Long Now Foundation has teamed up with Anthropocene Magazine

One story drawn from Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest book, “Ministry of the Future,” a NSF research team in the year 2040 embarks on an audacious scheme to put the brakes on sea-level rise by drilling holes deep into the Antarctic Ice Sheet to pin it to the bedrock. The Long Now Foundation has teamed up