Ahmed Kabil
@med.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Pace Layers, an annual print journal of essays, interviews, artwork, fiction, and poetry published by @longnow.org.
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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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For those of us raised on science fiction, having AI become part of everyday life feels like the breakthrough we’ve been expecting. Yet some critics insist that no matter what these models do, they're not truly intelligent—just clever simulacra.
September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For those of us raised on science fiction, having AI become part of everyday life feels like the breakthrough we’ve been expecting. Yet some critics insist that no matter what these models do, they're not truly intelligent—just clever simulacra.
Are modern AI models conscious? In a new essay for @longnow.org, @blaiseaguera.bsky.social, CTO of Technology & Society at Google, makes the case that the answer is yes. longnow.org/ideas/life-i...
Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective
Artificial intelligence is simply the next chapter in the long-running symbiotic story of life on Earth.
longnow.org
August 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Are modern AI models conscious? In a new essay for @longnow.org, @blaiseaguera.bsky.social, CTO of Technology & Society at Google, makes the case that the answer is yes. longnow.org/ideas/life-i...
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Beyond the tourist sites that lure millions to #Japan—the temples, dazzling city cores, & national parks—sprawls a world few outsiders see: a rural landscape stripped of people & steeped in loneliness. An @outofedenwalk dispatch from a Japanese ghostlands. https://t.co/hFnCWu0yz7
The Geography of Loneliness
Navigating Japan’s emptied countryside.
outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org
July 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Beyond the tourist sites that lure millions to #Japan—the temples, dazzling city cores, & national parks—sprawls a world few outsiders see: a rural landscape stripped of people & steeped in loneliness. An @outofedenwalk dispatch from a Japanese ghostlands. https://t.co/hFnCWu0yz7
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"If it could be proven that the church was built on the foundation of holy fungi, not only would figures like Allegro be vindicated — psychedelics, too, could no longer be considered so taboo."
@johnwlast.bsky.social for @longnow.org:
@johnwlast.bsky.social for @longnow.org:
Is God a Mushroom? - Longreads
"New research into the role of psychedelics upends our understanding of spirituality—and with it, our vision of the cosmos."
longreads.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"If it could be proven that the church was built on the foundation of holy fungi, not only would figures like Allegro be vindicated — psychedelics, too, could no longer be considered so taboo."
@johnwlast.bsky.social for @longnow.org:
@johnwlast.bsky.social for @longnow.org:
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I got personal about my deeply felt fear that mushrooms are, in fact, a higher life form, slowly bending us to their will. For
@longnow.org: longnow.org/ideas/is-god...
@longnow.org: longnow.org/ideas/is-god...
Is God a Mushroom?
New research into the role of psychedelics upends our understanding of spirituality — and with it, our vision of the cosmos.
longnow.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I got personal about my deeply felt fear that mushrooms are, in fact, a higher life form, slowly bending us to their will. For
@longnow.org: longnow.org/ideas/is-god...
@longnow.org: longnow.org/ideas/is-god...
Those interested in avoiding becoming bots, becoming mid, or becoming slop would do well to read @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social's latest essay on artificial intelligence for @longnow.org: longnow.org/ideas/identi...
Am I Slop? Am I Agentic? Am I Earth?
Identity in the Age of Neural Media
longnow.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Those interested in avoiding becoming bots, becoming mid, or becoming slop would do well to read @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social's latest essay on artificial intelligence for @longnow.org: longnow.org/ideas/identi...
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The Long Now Foundation was founded more than 25 years ago to be a home for long-term thinking.
At the dawn of our second quarter century, we’re thrilled to announce our next generation of leadership: Rebecca Lendl as Executive Director & Patrick Dowd as Board President.
At the dawn of our second quarter century, we’re thrilled to announce our next generation of leadership: Rebecca Lendl as Executive Director & Patrick Dowd as Board President.
December 18, 2024 at 6:42 PM
The Long Now Foundation was founded more than 25 years ago to be a home for long-term thinking.
At the dawn of our second quarter century, we’re thrilled to announce our next generation of leadership: Rebecca Lendl as Executive Director & Patrick Dowd as Board President.
At the dawn of our second quarter century, we’re thrilled to announce our next generation of leadership: Rebecca Lendl as Executive Director & Patrick Dowd as Board President.
One of the occasionally frustrating things about living in Europe is you sleep through important stuff happening stateside: you know, sporting events, presidential debates, the launch of the magazine you've been working on for four years...
We are thrilled to announce Pace Layers, a new annual journal of long-term thinking.
Our first issue is a 282-page compendium of ideas, art, and insights on what we call the pace layers of our planet: fashion, commerce, infrastructure, governance, culture, and nature.
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
Our first issue is a 282-page compendium of ideas, art, and insights on what we call the pace layers of our planet: fashion, commerce, infrastructure, governance, culture, and nature.
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
Announcing Pace Layers
The inaugural issue of Long Now’s new annual print journal synthesizes the most important learnings of our first quarter-century.
longnow.org
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 PM
One of the occasionally frustrating things about living in Europe is you sleep through important stuff happening stateside: you know, sporting events, presidential debates, the launch of the magazine you've been working on for four years...
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Hello!
We're The Long Now Foundation. When we were founded in 01996 it was in response to a great sense of acceleration — what our founders saw as a shortening attention span and shrinking time horizon.
We saw the need for a counterbalance.
We're The Long Now Foundation. When we were founded in 01996 it was in response to a great sense of acceleration — what our founders saw as a shortening attention span and shrinking time horizon.
We saw the need for a counterbalance.
November 21, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Hello!
We're The Long Now Foundation. When we were founded in 01996 it was in response to a great sense of acceleration — what our founders saw as a shortening attention span and shrinking time horizon.
We saw the need for a counterbalance.
We're The Long Now Foundation. When we were founded in 01996 it was in response to a great sense of acceleration — what our founders saw as a shortening attention span and shrinking time horizon.
We saw the need for a counterbalance.
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So nice to see our buddy @med.bsky.social of the Long Now Foundation, fellow traveller in Beat/Zen/Deadheadland and more. Ahmed and his wife Rachel live in Barcelona now, where Keith and I are going in October, so his tips will be invaluable!
August 7, 2023 at 12:40 AM
So nice to see our buddy @med.bsky.social of the Long Now Foundation, fellow traveller in Beat/Zen/Deadheadland and more. Ahmed and his wife Rachel live in Barcelona now, where Keith and I are going in October, so his tips will be invaluable!