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Wow, what a year at Long Now!
11 Long Now Talks
262-page print journal
25 new Council members
3 new Board members
1 monumental arboreal clock
400+ talks and essays added to our living archive
11 Long Now Talks
262-page print journal
25 new Council members
3 new Board members
1 monumental arboreal clock
400+ talks and essays added to our living archive
[Upcoming Talk] @indyjohar.bsky.social says in order to survive the long now we must value adaptation over control.
We can do this by shifting away from "closed projects" with finite ends, to "open gardens" where success is measured by the system's ability to evolve.
We can do this by shifting away from "closed projects" with finite ends, to "open gardens" where success is measured by the system's ability to evolve.
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
[Upcoming Talk] @indyjohar.bsky.social says in order to survive the long now we must value adaptation over control.
We can do this by shifting away from "closed projects" with finite ends, to "open gardens" where success is measured by the system's ability to evolve.
We can do this by shifting away from "closed projects" with finite ends, to "open gardens" where success is measured by the system's ability to evolve.
The Long Now community is really something special. A group of people who are interdisciplinary and intergenerational.
You feel this at Long Now events: a sense of togetherness that pushes back against polycrisis and short-term thinking. It feels curious, imaginative, and hopeful.
You feel this at Long Now events: a sense of togetherness that pushes back against polycrisis and short-term thinking. It feels curious, imaginative, and hopeful.
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Long Now community is really something special. A group of people who are interdisciplinary and intergenerational.
You feel this at Long Now events: a sense of togetherness that pushes back against polycrisis and short-term thinking. It feels curious, imaginative, and hopeful.
You feel this at Long Now events: a sense of togetherness that pushes back against polycrisis and short-term thinking. It feels curious, imaginative, and hopeful.
Wow, what a year at Long Now!
11 Long Now Talks
262-page print journal
25 new Council members
3 new Board members
1 monumental arboreal clock
400+ talks and essays added to our living archive
11 Long Now Talks
262-page print journal
25 new Council members
3 new Board members
1 monumental arboreal clock
400+ talks and essays added to our living archive
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Wow, what a year at Long Now!
11 Long Now Talks
262-page print journal
25 new Council members
3 new Board members
1 monumental arboreal clock
400+ talks and essays added to our living archive
11 Long Now Talks
262-page print journal
25 new Council members
3 new Board members
1 monumental arboreal clock
400+ talks and essays added to our living archive
“We’re in a structural transition of pretty much everything around us. It’s something no civilization has ever faced before, a class of challenges which can only be solved on a planetary scale.”
- @indyjohar.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/b160...
Don't miss his Long Now Talk next month, 1/27/26 ->
- @indyjohar.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/b160...
Don't miss his Long Now Talk next month, 1/27/26 ->
December 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“We’re in a structural transition of pretty much everything around us. It’s something no civilization has ever faced before, a class of challenges which can only be solved on a planetary scale.”
- @indyjohar.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/b160...
Don't miss his Long Now Talk next month, 1/27/26 ->
- @indyjohar.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/b160...
Don't miss his Long Now Talk next month, 1/27/26 ->
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Amazing talk by @katecrawford.bsky.social mapping empires and raising important topics on #AI! Good point about "Slopaganda" as cultural shift. With "feral capitalism" where we move fast, but have no breaks. She also talks about training on synthetic data leading to potential model collapse 📉
In her Long Now Talk, @katecrawford.bsky.social argues that AI has created a metabolic rift: massive data collection that acts like poor nutrition at planetary scale. However, this is something we’ve seen before, dating back to the 1500s.
Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
Kate Crawford | Mapping Empires
YouTube video by The Long Now Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Amazing talk by @katecrawford.bsky.social mapping empires and raising important topics on #AI! Good point about "Slopaganda" as cultural shift. With "feral capitalism" where we move fast, but have no breaks. She also talks about training on synthetic data leading to potential model collapse 📉
[Ticket announcement] @indyjohar.bsky.social “Civilizational Optioneering” Jan 27, 02026
In this talk, architect/philosopher Indy Johar proposes that civilization’s longevity depends less on stability or efficiency, and more on optionality.
In this talk, architect/philosopher Indy Johar proposes that civilization’s longevity depends less on stability or efficiency, and more on optionality.
Indy Johar: Civilizational Optioneering
Launched by Stewart Brand in 02003, Long Now Talks has invited more than 400 leading thinkers to share their civilization-scale ideas.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
[Ticket announcement] @indyjohar.bsky.social “Civilizational Optioneering” Jan 27, 02026
In this talk, architect/philosopher Indy Johar proposes that civilization’s longevity depends less on stability or efficiency, and more on optionality.
In this talk, architect/philosopher Indy Johar proposes that civilization’s longevity depends less on stability or efficiency, and more on optionality.
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Fantastic talk by @katecrawford.bsky.social on art, technology, science, AI slop and model collapse. We really need to cut through the AI industry's mystification of technology, so people can understand the stakes, be skeptical, and have a say in the future.
In her Long Now Talk, @katecrawford.bsky.social argues that AI has created a metabolic rift: massive data collection that acts like poor nutrition at planetary scale. However, this is something we’ve seen before, dating back to the 1500s.
Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
Kate Crawford | Mapping Empires
YouTube video by The Long Now Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fantastic talk by @katecrawford.bsky.social on art, technology, science, AI slop and model collapse. We really need to cut through the AI industry's mystification of technology, so people can understand the stakes, be skeptical, and have a say in the future.
Can we grasp this sense of ourselves as existing in time, part of the beautiful continuum of life? Can we become inspired by the prospect of contributing to the future?
Questions asked by Long Now cofounder Brian Eno in the essay "The Big Here and Long Now" -> longnow.org/ideas/the-bi...
Questions asked by Long Now cofounder Brian Eno in the essay "The Big Here and Long Now" -> longnow.org/ideas/the-bi...
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Can we grasp this sense of ourselves as existing in time, part of the beautiful continuum of life? Can we become inspired by the prospect of contributing to the future?
Questions asked by Long Now cofounder Brian Eno in the essay "The Big Here and Long Now" -> longnow.org/ideas/the-bi...
Questions asked by Long Now cofounder Brian Eno in the essay "The Big Here and Long Now" -> longnow.org/ideas/the-bi...
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Attended this talk live. History applied to current events helps with context. Visualizations as art: fantastic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
@katecrawford.bsky.social & @longnow.org
@katecrawford.bsky.social & @longnow.org
Kate Crawford | Mapping Empires
YouTube video by The Long Now Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Attended this talk live. History applied to current events helps with context. Visualizations as art: fantastic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
@katecrawford.bsky.social & @longnow.org
@katecrawford.bsky.social & @longnow.org
In her Long Now Talk, @katecrawford.bsky.social argues that AI has created a metabolic rift: massive data collection that acts like poor nutrition at planetary scale. However, this is something we’ve seen before, dating back to the 1500s.
Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
Kate Crawford | Mapping Empires
YouTube video by The Long Now Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In her Long Now Talk, @katecrawford.bsky.social argues that AI has created a metabolic rift: massive data collection that acts like poor nutrition at planetary scale. However, this is something we’ve seen before, dating back to the 1500s.
Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsBn...
Eleven years ago, the Rosetta probe reached Comet 67P—and placed a Long Now Rosetta Disk on its surface.
Read about how it happened: longnow.org/ideas/after-...
Read about how it happened: longnow.org/ideas/after-...
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Eleven years ago, the Rosetta probe reached Comet 67P—and placed a Long Now Rosetta Disk on its surface.
Read about how it happened: longnow.org/ideas/after-...
Read about how it happened: longnow.org/ideas/after-...
What is "neural media"? Media that doesn’t simply broadcast or connect: it appears to think, reason, and create.
Interdisciplinary artist and technologist @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu3y...
Interdisciplinary artist and technologist @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu3y...
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
What is "neural media"? Media that doesn’t simply broadcast or connect: it appears to think, reason, and create.
Interdisciplinary artist and technologist @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu3y...
Interdisciplinary artist and technologist @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu3y...
𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 come and go. 𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 continues.
- @stewartbrand.bsky.social
What are the elements of a durable civilization? Stewart Brand explains: longnow.org/ideas/elemen...
- @stewartbrand.bsky.social
What are the elements of a durable civilization? Stewart Brand explains: longnow.org/ideas/elemen...
Elements of a Durable Civilization
Civilizations come and go. Civilization continues.
longnow.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 come and go. 𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 continues.
- @stewartbrand.bsky.social
What are the elements of a durable civilization? Stewart Brand explains: longnow.org/ideas/elemen...
- @stewartbrand.bsky.social
What are the elements of a durable civilization? Stewart Brand explains: longnow.org/ideas/elemen...
AI reinforcement learning works by modeling the past, but it falls apart when things change in real time. What to do?
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
AI reinforcement learning works by modeling the past, but it falls apart when things change in real time. What to do?
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
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Grateful to see my essay “Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective” appear in @longnow.org’s annual journal, Pace Layers.
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Grateful to see my essay “Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective” appear in @longnow.org’s annual journal, Pace Layers.
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We are excited to share that DRI's Anne Heggli's work appears in this year’s Pace Layers journal, a publication dedicated to long-term thinking and enduring futures.
You can learn more about the issue at longnow.org/pacelayers
You can learn more about the issue at longnow.org/pacelayers
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We are excited to share that DRI's Anne Heggli's work appears in this year’s Pace Layers journal, a publication dedicated to long-term thinking and enduring futures.
You can learn more about the issue at longnow.org/pacelayers
You can learn more about the issue at longnow.org/pacelayers
Reposted by The Long Now Foundation
Working on this year's issue of Pace Layers has given me a welcome dose of perspective during uncertain times. I hope it'll do the same for you.
Times of fragmentation call for a legible sense of order.
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Working on this year's issue of Pace Layers has given me a welcome dose of perspective during uncertain times. I hope it'll do the same for you.
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Look what just arrived!
This year’s edition of Pace Layers, the anthology of the @longnow.org Foundation.
I’ve got an essay on the surprising origins of public transit. In great company in this one!
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
This year’s edition of Pace Layers, the anthology of the @longnow.org Foundation.
I’ve got an essay on the surprising origins of public transit. In great company in this one!
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Look what just arrived!
This year’s edition of Pace Layers, the anthology of the @longnow.org Foundation.
I’ve got an essay on the surprising origins of public transit. In great company in this one!
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
This year’s edition of Pace Layers, the anthology of the @longnow.org Foundation.
I’ve got an essay on the surprising origins of public transit. In great company in this one!
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
Times of fragmentation call for a legible sense of order.
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Times of fragmentation call for a legible sense of order.
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
Now that you've preordered @stewartbrand.bsky.social's new book, read an exclusive excerpt on Ideas, the Long Now blog: longnow.org/ideas/the-es...
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Now that you've preordered @stewartbrand.bsky.social's new book, read an exclusive excerpt on Ideas, the Long Now blog: longnow.org/ideas/the-es...
The newest book from Long Now cofounder @stewartbrand.bsky.social is now available from @stripepress.bsky.social.
Brand explores why taking responsibility for maintaining something—a motorcycle, a monument, or our very planet—can be a radical act.
Preorder here: press.stripe.com/maintenance-...
Brand explores why taking responsibility for maintaining something—a motorcycle, a monument, or our very planet—can be a radical act.
Preorder here: press.stripe.com/maintenance-...
Stripe Press — Maintenance
An in-depth exploration of maintenance, and a powerful argument for its civilizational importance.
press.stripe.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The newest book from Long Now cofounder @stewartbrand.bsky.social is now available from @stripepress.bsky.social.
Brand explores why taking responsibility for maintaining something—a motorcycle, a monument, or our very planet—can be a radical act.
Preorder here: press.stripe.com/maintenance-...
Brand explores why taking responsibility for maintaining something—a motorcycle, a monument, or our very planet—can be a radical act.
Preorder here: press.stripe.com/maintenance-...
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Very excited to welcome this exceptional group to Long Now’s Council! ✨✨
Today, we are thrilled to launch The Council at Long Now.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Very excited to welcome this exceptional group to Long Now’s Council! ✨✨
Today, we're also thrilled to add three new members to our Board of Directors. Welcome Mick, Joe, and Lisa, we are honored to have you at the helm with us.
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Today, we're also thrilled to add three new members to our Board of Directors. Welcome Mick, Joe, and Lisa, we are honored to have you at the helm with us.
Today, we are thrilled to launch The Council at Long Now.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today, we are thrilled to launch The Council at Long Now.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
A new Ideas piece by Josh Berson focuses on very human conceptions of meaning and taste.
A beautiful read about attention, finitude, and why meaning is something we hold in common: longnow.org/ideas/on-mea...
A beautiful read about attention, finitude, and why meaning is something we hold in common: longnow.org/ideas/on-mea...
On Meaning
What lends taste its depth as a channel of meaning is that every act of eating evokes in us life’s one certainty, something we share with plants and doctoral students but not LLMs: that it will end.
longnow.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A new Ideas piece by Josh Berson focuses on very human conceptions of meaning and taste.
A beautiful read about attention, finitude, and why meaning is something we hold in common: longnow.org/ideas/on-mea...
A beautiful read about attention, finitude, and why meaning is something we hold in common: longnow.org/ideas/on-mea...