By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 3 Aug 23
Miss our Member Ignite Talks last week? You can watch all of them on YouTube now: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uS2H8g4Y2_M7AxP7tXReQS7FpAbaQXL
Miss our Member Ignite Talks last week? You can watch all of them on YouTube now: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uS2H8g4Y2_M7AxP7tXReQS7FpAbaQXL
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Jul 23
Good evening everyone! Welcome to the Long Now Member Ignite Talks featuring 13 Long Now Members on topics of their choice. Long Now has produced hundreds of talks from the world’s leading long-term thinkers. Now, we’re showcasing a curated set of Ignite Talks created & given by our own members. An Ignite talk is a story format created by Brady Forrest & Bre Pettis that’s 5 minutes long, told by a speaker who has 20 slides that advances automatically every 15 seconds – ready or not! Join us on YouTube to watch the talks, and chat with our presenters! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAw0rtZAbU
Good evening everyone! Welcome to the Long Now Member Ignite Talks featuring 13 Long Now Members on topics of their choice. Long Now has produced hundreds of talks from the world’s leading long-term thinkers. Now, we’re showcasing a curated set of Ignite Talks created & given by our own members. An Ignite talk is a story format created by Brady
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Jun 23
Biotechnology can help us turn the tide on the new wave of species loss – and unlock a new age of biological abundance for future generations. Ryan Phelan, Executive Director of Revive & Restore, explains how we can bring biotech to wildlife conservation: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ryan-phelan-bringing-biotech-to-wildlife-conservation/id186908455?i=1000617775298
Biotechnology can help us turn the tide on the new wave of species loss – and unlock a new age of biological abundance for future generations. Ryan Phelan, Executive Director of Revive & Restore, explains how we can bring biotech to wildlife conservation: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ryan-phelan-bringing-biotech-to-wildlife-conservation/id186908455?i=1000617775298
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Jun 23
Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. For millennia, people have used the solstices to keep track of the passage of time. Stonehenge is one of many examples of calendars aligned to the solstice sunrise. https://longnow.org/ideas/how-to-tell-time-using-stonehenge/Photos from The Long Now Foundation’s post
Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. For millennia, people have used the solstices to keep track of the passage of time. Stonehenge is one of many examples of calendars aligned to the solstice sunrise. https://longnow.org/ideas/how-to-tell-time-using-stonehenge/Photos from The Long Now Foundation’s post
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 15 Jun 23
How can science fiction help us imagine new futures and make sense of our current civilizational struggles? Listen to our new podcast with Hugo-award winning sci-fi authors Becky Chambers & Annalee Newitz to find out how to Resist Dystopia. Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking: Becky Chambers, Annalee Newitz: Resisting Dystopia on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.comShow Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking, Ep Becky Chambers, Annalee Newitz: Resisting Dystopia – Jun 15, 2023
How can science fiction help us imagine new futures and make sense of our current civilizational struggles? Listen to our new podcast with Hugo-award winning sci-fi authors Becky Chambers & Annalee Newitz to find out how to Resist Dystopia. Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking: Becky Chambers, Annalee Newitz: Resisting Dystopia on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.comShow Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 Jun 23
Want to build something that lasts? We’re looking for an Executive Director to lead The Long Now Foundation into its next quarter-century. We stand at a critical juncture in the history of our society. We’re looking for a visionary leader that will help steer us into the future with long-term thinking and bold decision-making. As Executive Director, you will lead all aspects of The Long Now Foundation as we enter our next chapter as an organization. Your responsibility: making a long-lasting impact and leaving an inspiring legacy for future generations. Long Now’s Executive Director will work to advance and refine
Want to build something that lasts? We’re looking for an Executive Director to lead The Long Now Foundation into its next quarter-century. We stand at a critical juncture in the history of our society. We’re looking for a visionary leader that will help steer us into the future with long-term thinking and bold decision-making. As Executive Director, you will lead
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jun 23
Are we living to the rhythm of the wrong clock? Jenny Odell’s SAVING TIME explores the limits of rigid, industrial “clock time” and how we need to reconsider our relationship with time so we can recover an appetite for the future. Watch her Long Now Talk: Saving Time: Discovering A Life Beyond the Clock | Jenny Odellwww.youtube.comArtist and writer Jenny Odell brings her acutely insightful observations to the dominant framework of time, based on industrial and colonial worldviews, that…
Are we living to the rhythm of the wrong clock? Jenny Odell’s SAVING TIME explores the limits of rigid, industrial “clock time” and how we need to reconsider our relationship with time so we can recover an appetite for the future. Watch her Long Now Talk: Saving Time: Discovering A Life Beyond the Clock | Jenny Odellwww.youtube.comArtist and writer Jenny
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jun 23
Today’s the final day to submit your pitches for our Ignite Talks – 5 minute talks from our members, supported by our production team. Have a great idea for a Long Now Talk? We’re excited to invite our Long Now Members to submit an idea for our Ignite Talks – a member-led collection of short talks, premiering Tuesday, July 11, 02023. Ignite Talk speakers have precisely 5 minutes to amuse, educate, enlighten, or inspire the audience on a topic of their choosing. Learn more here: Members of Long Nowlongnow.orgLong Now Member Ignite Talks 02023
Today’s the final day to submit your pitches for our Ignite Talks – 5 minute talks from our members, supported by our production team. Have a great idea for a Long Now Talk? We’re excited to invite our Long Now Members to submit an idea for our Ignite Talks – a member-led collection of short talks, premiering Tuesday, July 11,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Jun 23
Our talk with Ismail Ali of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) delves into the past, present & future of psychedelics: a history that stands at a crossroads today. What can our several-thousand year history with these substances teach us about how they can be used in a modern society? Psychedelics: History at the Crossroads | Ismail Aliwww.youtube.comPsychedelics and other mind-altering substances have been used for thousands of years across the world in religious, spiritual, celebratory, and healing cont…
Our talk with Ismail Ali of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) delves into the past, present & future of psychedelics: a history that stands at a crossroads today. What can our several-thousand year history with these substances teach us about how they can be used in a modern society? Psychedelics: History at the Crossroads | Ismail Aliwww.youtube.comPsychedelics and