By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
Happy 85th Birthday to Long Now Co-Founder and President Stewart Brand. Here’s to many more.
Happy 85th Birthday to Long Now Co-Founder and President Stewart Brand. Here’s to many more.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
In the Fall of 01968, Stewart Brand put the Whole Earth Catalog out into the world. Now, 55 years later, our friends at Gray Area and the Internet Archive are launching the Whole Earth Index – a nearly complete free online archive of Whole Earth publications. Read it all at wholeearth.info Read our full story on how the Whole Earth Catalog came online, featuring interviews with the designers, editors, and researchers that made both the Whole Earth Catalog and Whole Earth Index possible. The Lasting Whole Earth Cataloglongnow.orgGray Area and The Internet Archive have made the Whole Earth Catalog and
In the Fall of 01968, Stewart Brand put the Whole Earth Catalog out into the world. Now, 55 years later, our friends at Gray Area and the Internet Archive are launching the Whole Earth Index – a nearly complete free online archive of Whole Earth publications. Read it all at wholeearth.info Read our full story on how the Whole Earth
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
Good evening everyone! Welcome to tonight’s Long Now Talk featuring Abby Smith Rumsey on Hijacked Histories, Polarized Futures. As authoritarianism rises globally, the stories we tell about our history become battlegrounds for competing visions of the future. Historian Abby Smith Rumsey draws on 20th century Russian history to create a framework that situates current socio-political tensions & explains how increasing polarization could shape our future. This talk is presented in partnership with the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University and features a Q&A with Rick Prelinger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V98Gdt5EE7w
Good evening everyone! Welcome to tonight’s Long Now Talk featuring Abby Smith Rumsey on Hijacked Histories, Polarized Futures. As authoritarianism rises globally, the stories we tell about our history become battlegrounds for competing visions of the future. Historian Abby Smith Rumsey draws on 20th century Russian history to create a framework that situates current socio-political tensions & explains how increasing
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
Just as beavers build dams and termites construct mounds, humans manipulate our environments. The urge to reshape our environment is no transient social pressure. Instead, it’s a set of behaviors with deep evolutionary roots stretching back millions of years. Conservation Geneticist Andrew Tighe argues that controlling nature might be in itself part of our nature – an evolutionary adaptation that we can use to our advantage even as we recognize the damage it has caused. Controlling Nature Might Be in Our Naturelongnow.orgThe urge to reshape our environment is no transient social pressure. Instead, it’s a set of behaviors with deep
Just as beavers build dams and termites construct mounds, humans manipulate our environments. The urge to reshape our environment is no transient social pressure. Instead, it’s a set of behaviors with deep evolutionary roots stretching back millions of years. Conservation Geneticist Andrew Tighe argues that controlling nature might be in itself part of our nature – an evolutionary adaptation that
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
We’re excited to share the Whole Earth Index, a new project from our friends at Gray Area and the Internet Archive that brings together more than 30 years of Whole Earth publications, freely available for your perusal. Read more from Gray Area Executive Director Barry Threw:When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.
We’re excited to share the Whole Earth Index, a new project from our friends at Gray Area and the Internet Archive that brings together more than 30 years of Whole Earth publications, freely available for your perusal. Read more from Gray Area Executive Director Barry Threw:When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
What can old trees tell us with our own relationship with time? Next Tuesday: Join us for an evening with geohumanist and historian Jared Farmer, who will share his multi-faceted approach to understanding our human relationship with trees over millennia.When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.
What can old trees tell us with our own relationship with time? Next Tuesday: Join us for an evening with geohumanist and historian Jared Farmer, who will share his multi-faceted approach to understanding our human relationship with trees over millennia.When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
What can old trees tell us about our own relationship with time? Good evening everyone! Welcome to tonight’s Long Now Talk featuring Jared Farmer on Chronodiversity: Thinking about Time with Trees. The talk will be followed by a Q&A. Geohumanist and place-based historian Jared Farmer has studied trees in the context of human society for decades. Here, he shares his multi-faceted approach to understanding our human relationship with trees over millennia.Jared Farmer | Chronodiversity: Thinking about Time with Treeswww.youtube.comBig trees, old trees, and especially big old trees have always been objects of reverence. From Athena’s sacred olive on the Acropolis
What can old trees tell us about our own relationship with time? Good evening everyone! Welcome to tonight’s Long Now Talk featuring Jared Farmer on Chronodiversity: Thinking about Time with Trees. The talk will be followed by a Q&A. Geohumanist and place-based historian Jared Farmer has studied trees in the context of human society for decades. Here, he shares his
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
Maintenance matters. Here at The Long Now Foundation, we know that maintenance is about preserving possibilities for the future – something to celebrate, not to dread. Long Now’s mission is to foster long-term thinking and responsibility. That work means carefully maintaining the things that matter most. We’d be honored if you would consider making a donation to Long Now & helping us maintain our work for the long-term. https://longnow.org/donate/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialutm_campaign=eoy02023
Maintenance matters. Here at The Long Now Foundation, we know that maintenance is about preserving possibilities for the future – something to celebrate, not to dread. Long Now’s mission is to foster long-term thinking and responsibility. That work means carefully maintaining the things that matter most. We’d be honored if you would consider making a donation to Long Now &
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jan 24
Join us at 7:00 pm PT for Rick Prelinger’s LOST LANDSCAPES 02023 City and Bay in Motion: Transportation and Communication. Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liHpw789GRs
Join us at 7:00 pm PT for Rick Prelinger’s LOST LANDSCAPES 02023 City and Bay in Motion: Transportation and Communication. Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liHpw789GRs
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 29 Sep 23
As authoritarianism rises globally, the stories we tell about our collective history become battlegrounds for competing visions of the future. Join Historian Abby Smith Rumsey for our next Long Now Talk: on the Hijacked Histories & Polarized Futures of our present moment. Drawing on the research behind her new book Memory, Edited: Taking Liberties with History, Smith Rumsey will explore historical memory & networks of meaning in the context of today’s crises of extremism and polarization. Abby Smith Rumseylongnow.orgHijacked Histories, Polarized Futures
As authoritarianism rises globally, the stories we tell about our collective history become battlegrounds for competing visions of the future. Join Historian Abby Smith Rumsey for our next Long Now Talk: on the Hijacked Histories & Polarized Futures of our present moment. Drawing on the research behind her new book Memory, Edited: Taking Liberties with History, Smith Rumsey will explore