By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Jul 22
Space travel was once the province of military personnel and scientists. Now, entrepreneurs and luxury tourists have entered the field. Fred Scharmen explores how this shift has changed the design principles of spaceship design. https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/on-another-planet-designing-commercial-space-travel
Space travel was once the province of military personnel and scientists. Now, entrepreneurs and luxury tourists have entered the field. Fred Scharmen explores how this shift has changed the design principles of spaceship design. https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/on-another-planet-designing-commercial-space-travel
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Jul 22
Understanding fandom — the ways people have collectively appreciated and furthered cultural works — is vital to understanding our long cultural memories and how people have appreciated works of art through time.Fandom Relics and the Enthusiastic Pastlongnow.orgFandom memory is essential if we are to understand how the practices of mass enthusiasm that are now coming to dominate culture as a whole have taken shape.
Understanding fandom — the ways people have collectively appreciated and furthered cultural works — is vital to understanding our long cultural memories and how people have appreciated works of art through time.Fandom Relics and the Enthusiastic Pastlongnow.orgFandom memory is essential if we are to understand how the practices of mass enthusiasm that are now coming to dominate culture as a
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Jul 22
Reading nineteenth-century critiques of then-cutting-edge technologies like telegraphs and railroads reveals striking parallels with contemporary fears of technology’s impact on our minds and our society.Still the Same — Real Lifereallifemag.comNineteenth-century critiques of technology show how longstanding many current concerns are
Reading nineteenth-century critiques of then-cutting-edge technologies like telegraphs and railroads reveals striking parallels with contemporary fears of technology’s impact on our minds and our society.Still the Same — Real Lifereallifemag.comNineteenth-century critiques of technology show how longstanding many current concerns are
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Jul 22
Bark beetle infestations and persistent droughts have tested the survival of the extremely long-lived bristlecone pine trees of the Great Basin. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-06-27/drought-and-bark-beetles-now-threaten-earths-oldest-treesPhotos from The Long Now Foundation’s post
Bark beetle infestations and persistent droughts have tested the survival of the extremely long-lived bristlecone pine trees of the Great Basin. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-06-27/drought-and-bark-beetles-now-threaten-earths-oldest-treesPhotos from The Long Now Foundation’s post
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 15 Jul 22
Over the past 300,000 years, humans have diversified and adapted to life throughout the globe. Now, the frantic appetites of globalization threaten to reduce the beauty and resilience of diverse cultural and ecological practices.Globalisation lessens our world but we do have alternatives | Aeon Essaysaeon.coFrantic human activity has reduced both cultural and biological diversity. Now we must protect the dwindling alternatives
Over the past 300,000 years, humans have diversified and adapted to life throughout the globe. Now, the frantic appetites of globalization threaten to reduce the beauty and resilience of diverse cultural and ecological practices.Globalisation lessens our world but we do have alternatives | Aeon Essaysaeon.coFrantic human activity has reduced both cultural and biological diversity. Now we must protect the dwindling
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Jul 22
China aims to become carbon neutral by 02060. Can it electrify its infrastructure fast enough to achieve this long-term goal?China Is Racing to Electrify Its Futurewww.wired.comThe country wants electric vehicles to make up 40 percent of new cars sold by 2030—but first it has to figure out how to keep them charged.
China aims to become carbon neutral by 02060. Can it electrify its infrastructure fast enough to achieve this long-term goal?China Is Racing to Electrify Its Futurewww.wired.comThe country wants electric vehicles to make up 40 percent of new cars sold by 2030—but first it has to figure out how to keep them charged.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Jul 22
MYR, a new art exhibition at the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, uses human perspectives to reflect on the vastness of deep time. https://longnow.org/ideas/02022/07/13/myr-explores-deep-time/Photos from The Long Now Foundation’s post
MYR, a new art exhibition at the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, uses human perspectives to reflect on the vastness of deep time. https://longnow.org/ideas/02022/07/13/myr-explores-deep-time/Photos from The Long Now Foundation’s post
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Jul 22
Taking on society’s most pressing issues and creating opportunity for those who need it most requires long-term thinking. Next week: End Poverty in California founder Michael Tubbs joins us for a Long Now Talk followed by a Q&A hosted by PolicyLink President Michael McAfee. Tickets available now: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.
Taking on society’s most pressing issues and creating opportunity for those who need it most requires long-term thinking. Next week: End Poverty in California founder Michael Tubbs joins us for a Long Now Talk followed by a Q&A hosted by PolicyLink President Michael McAfee. Tickets available now:When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Jul 22
Evidence from an archaeological site 40 miles North of Austin, Texas reveals the 15,000-year-old Indigenous roots of contemporary Tex-Mex food.Long Before Tex-Mex, a 15,000-Year-Old Cuisine Left Its Markwww.atlasobscura.comAn archeological site contains many of the foods Texans still eat today.
Evidence from an archaeological site 40 miles North of Austin, Texas reveals the 15,000-year-old Indigenous roots of contemporary Tex-Mex food.Long Before Tex-Mex, a 15,000-Year-Old Cuisine Left Its Markwww.atlasobscura.comAn archeological site contains many of the foods Texans still eat today.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Jul 22
Proponents of the extended evolutionary synthesis argue that we urgently need to reconsider the very foundations of evolution and incorporating different mechanisms of selection in addition to natural selection.Do we need a new theory of evolution?www.theguardian.comThe long read: A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of biology
Proponents of the extended evolutionary synthesis argue that we urgently need to reconsider the very foundations of evolution and incorporating different mechanisms of selection in addition to natural selection.Do we need a new theory of evolution?www.theguardian.comThe long read: A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists