Former NASA research scientist Creon Levit gives an overview on ways to manage orbital debris: – Proactive Design: restricting satellite lifespan – Collision Avoidance: orbital traffic management – Active Debris Removal: claws, nets, and other ways to grab debris out of orbit Managing Orbital Space Debris | Creon Levit Watch video on Facebook.com
Brian Eno’s works in generative art & ambient music “encourage the listener to live and to be present in the moment, the ‘now,’ but to feel that moment expanding forward and backward through time, literally to experience the ‘Long Now.’” Music, Time and Long-Term Thinking: Brian Eno Expands the Vocabulary of Human Feeling longnow.org Like
The health risks that alcohol poses are dangerous, yet neither evolution nor prohibition have succeeded in getting rid of it in the ten thousand years since our species invented it. Why? From Edward Slingerland (@Slingerland20)’s Long Now Talk: https://longnow.org/ideas/02022/05/10/drinking-10000-years-intoxication-and-civilization/ Evolution’s Ambivalence to Alcohol | Edward Slingerland Watch video on Facebook.com
Alcohol has potent neurological effects, depressing the brain’s pre-frontal cortex and unleashing a wave of pro-social chemicals that have helped humans build social connections for millennia. From Edward Slingerland’s Long Now Talk: https://longnow.org/ideas/02022/05/10/drinking-10000-years-intoxication-and-civilization/ Evolution’s Ambivalence to Alcohol | Edward Slingerland Watch video on Facebook.com
NYC! 🗽Join us for a special screening of WE ARE AS GODS, the documentary about Stewart Brand. It’s happening Aug 11th at Quad Cinema in the Village, with director David Alvarado in person for Q&A. Get tickets now! https://quadcinema.com/film/we-are-as-gods/ cc Greenwich Entertainment The Long Now Foundation
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In Noema Magazine, Nathan Gardels argues that “Technology can expand the short-term horizon of our Paleolithic survival instinct.” https://www.noemamag.com/planetary-homeostasis/
Maintenance matters. Whether in ancient Japanese shrines or modern codebases, making sure that what you build can last into the long-term is not a chore but something to embrace. Google & the Grand Shrine | Nadia Eghbal Watch video on Facebook.com
The modern journeys of the matsutake mushroom — long a revered part of Japanese foodways — tell a story of nostalgia, globalization, and the complexities of ecological conservation. https://thebreakthrough.org/journal/no-17-summer-2022/matsutakes-journeys
Are you living in the now, or just waiting for the next moment? To break out of our state of constant anticipation, we need to think about the long-term future while also appreciating the present moment. Living in the Moment vs Thinking About the Future | Bina Venkataraman Watch video on Facebook.com
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