With tremendous gratitude, the Board of Directors of the Long Now Foundation announces that Alexander Rose will be stepping down from his role as Executive Director after 26 years of service to focus on his research into the world’s longest-lived organizations. Several years ago, Alexander began a study of institutions that have stood the test […]
How did we get to now and where might we go from here? Long Now is accepting pitches of essays, reported features, interviews, book reviews, fiction & poetry for Ideas, our living archive of long-term thinking. There is wisdom and clarity to be gained from taking the long view. Long Now Ideas gives our readers
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Survival in the Anthropocene requires us to upgrade not just our technology, but our collective imagination. Join us on May 12 and 13th for the Climate Parables: two nights of live science storytelling, art, and music with Anthropocene magazine and Back pocket media.
The Long Now Foundation has teamed up with Anthropocene Magazine (a publication of Future Earth) and Back Pocket Media to take the magazine’s new fiction series “The Climate Parables,” from the page to the stage. Starting with the idea that survival in the Anthropocene depends on upgrading not just our technology, but also our collective
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Join us for a thought-provoking conversation between two Hugo award-winning science fiction authors, Becky Chambers and Annalee Newitz. Known for challenging classic science fiction tropes such as war, violence, and colonialism, both authors create vivid and immersive worlds that are filled with non-human persons, peace, and a subtle sense of hope. The authors will discuss
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If you’re using a battery-powered device today, thank a torpedo ray. Here’s how the shockingly long medical tradition of using electric fish as treatments helped create the first batteries. The Shocking Medical History of Electric Fish longnow.org
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How can science fiction help us imagine new futures and make sense of our current civilizational struggles? Next week: join us for a Long Now Talk with Hugo-award winning science fiction authors Becky Chambers & Annalee Newitz on Resisting Dystopia.
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Good evening everyone! Welcome to tonight’s Long Now Talk featuring Ryan Phelan on Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation. How can we turn the tide on species loss and help biodiversity and bioabundance flourish for millennia to come? Ryan Phelan is Executive Director of Revive & Restore, the… More Ryan Phelan | Bringing Biotech to Wildlife
Satellite remote sensing techniques are quickly becoming a vital tool in the detection and tracking of endangered whale species. Finding a Whale in a Watery Haystack | Hakai Magazine hakaimagazine.com
A look into the deep history (and possible deep future) of technology and humanity from Our World in Data https:// ourworldindata.o rg/ technology-long- run
