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This content was posted on  7 Apr 21  by   The Long Now Foundation  on  Podcast
Nathaniel Rich – Second Nature

Reporter and writer Nathaniel Rich delves deep into conversation with Revive & Restore’s Ryan Phelan and Ben Novak to discuss his newest book “Second Nature: Scenes from a World Remade”, which attempts to come to terms with the massive changes that are underway on our planet, and how humans can better understand our role to caretake, conserve and thoughtfully manage our relationship with nature for the long term.

From Losing Earth to the film Dark Waters (adapted from his writing), Nathaniel Rich’s stories have come to define the way we think of contemporary ecological narrative. In Second Nature, he asks what it means to live in an era of terrible responsibility. The question is no longer, How do we return to the world that we’ve lost? It is, What world do we want to create in its place?

“Second Nature: the Birth of a New Ecology” was given on April, 7 02021 as part of Long Now’s Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world’s leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. To follow the talks, you can:

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