Long Now is a non-profit organization fostering long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.
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Challenges that feel impossible to tackle within a single human lifetime become conceivable when you have a longer timescale to work with.
Today is a day to take the long view.
Join our community of long-term thinking, 02026 is going to be a good one. na2.hubs.ly/H02frJ50
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How are scientists mapping consciousness? Could geometry hold the key? Claire Isabel Webb, director of the Future Humans program at the @berggruenInst, asks @NinaMiolane of the UCSB Geometric Intelligence Lab.
Watch the full episode here: na2.hubs.ly/H068tRX0
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I interviewed Guinnane about this paper back when it came out for @longnow and learned more than I ever cared to about circularity in economic modelling longnow.org/ideas/world-popuโฆ
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Jun 15
Sperm whales sing with group-specific dialects. Chimpanzee pass down knowledge of stone tools. Elephants teach pathways through the jungle. Animals have fascinating (and ancient) cultural transmissions that could teach us more about our world.
A great article from @NoemaMag here: na2.hubs.ly/H067T2w0
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Jun 12
The gimlet has been maligned for decades, says Ty Caudle, The Interval's beverage director, as a result of artificial ingredients and rushed preparations. The Interval recipe has corrected those deficiencies by using navy strength gin infused with lime oil and slowly filtered over three days. The resulting lime cordial is stirred (rather than shaken) to create a perfect pearlescent finish.ย
Our Navy Gimlet was just named best in the city by @thebolditalic, and included on this exceptional list which maps the best and most storied bars in the city. Itโs an honor to be included.
Check it out here:
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Jun 11
The Sagrada Familia's Torre de Jesรบs is complete, 100 years after Gaudi's death. What a testament to the power of visionary thinking across generations. A masterpiece.
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โThe longue durรฉeโ is a world-systems analysis for understanding what ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต to do. This framework has an uncanny ability to identify repeated, large-scale patterns across borders, centuries, and civilizations.
James Anderson explains on Long Now Ideas:
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Jun 11
The exceptional exhibit ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ curated by the @nevadaart is featured in the New York Times today. The article features many of the incredible artists in the show, including our partnership with @jonathonkeats on the monumental Centuries of the Bristlecone clock.
Here's a gift link: na2.hubs.ly/H0657jS0
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Jun 10
Long Now is a devoted fan and contributor to the Long-Term Art Projects (LTAP) collective, an assembly of extraordinary artworks designed to outlive their creators and inspire the stewardship of future generations.ย
Here are a few from the collection:
- Zeitpyramide (Time Pyramid) (since 01993): Scheduled to take 1,200 years to reach its final pyramid shape, a new concrete block is placed once every ten years, and will reach completion in the year 03193.
- 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks) (since 01982): a massive social sculpture of 7,000 oak trees, each paired with a basalt stone.
- Letters of Utrecht (since 02012): An endless poem being carved letter-by-letter into the cityโs cobblestones by stone masons every Saturday.
- Uffington White Horse (since c. 1000 BCE): A 3,000-year-old prehistoric chalk figure has survived millennia on a hill in England thanks to local communities who continuously gather to maintain it.
See the full list of inspired art in progress here:ย
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Love to see The Interval's Navy Gimlet named one of the best in the city. Don't miss this great cocktail map from @thebolditalic, it's an epic tour of the San Francisco's greatest haunts: thebolditalic.com/the-cocktaโฆ
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Jun 10
In anticipation of USA's 250th, revisit this Long Now Talk from Richard Kurin of the @smithsonian where he explores 101 objects that tell America's story, from Dorothyโs magic slippers to 500-million-year-old fossils: youtube.com/watch?v=msqiMVBoโฆ
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The @DubaiFuture Forum is seeking bold thinkers for their 02026 Sci-Fi Short Story Competition.
A great opportunity for our community of speculative writers and creative thinkers. Submissions close July 31st.
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Jun 8
What an incredible season of Long Now Talks! We heard from @ninamiolane & @claire_i_webb on the geometry of consciousness, @ericries on incorruptibility, @indy_johar @DarkMatter_Labs on planetary consciousness many more
A new season starts this September, stay tuned.
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Jun 8
Such an honor that our documentary was named an official selection at the CineGlobe Film Festival in Geneva, Switzerland. Our video director, Justin Oliphant, was on the ground at CERN to celebrate.
Stay tuned for more upcoming opportunities to screen Elders of Time at film festivals across the globe. And local members save the date for our San Francisco premiere Sept 29th!
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Get a sneak peek into the making-of ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, a monumental artwork that tells time with trees.
Created by artist and conceptual philosopher @jonathonkeats, the work has two components: a giant arboreal clock built in collaboration with clockmakers Phil Abernethy and Brittany Nicole Cox, and a land art installation at Long Nowโs Nevada Bristlecone Preserve.
In the video below, follow the story of the land art installation at 11,000-ft elevation โ where the worldโs oldest trees record their own sense of time โ to the horology workshop where the bespoke clock is built to translate universal standard time into "bristlecone time" for installation at the museum.
How to experience ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ:
- Join us at the 2026 Art Environment Summit Apr 16-18 to hear directly from the artists and clockmakers.
- See the monumental timepiece at the Nevada Museum of Art where it is exhibited as part of their permanent collection: nevadaart.org
- Stay tuned for ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, a documentary short about the creation of ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, which is in festival selection throughout 02026; follow Long Now for future screening dates and details.
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~40% of our @longnow Labs applications have come in within the last 24 hours...and we are still accepting submissions until midnight PST tonight, so the percentage will likely go higher.
Apparently a huge number of us are procrastinators! Solidarity to all of you out there.
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[Last call: deadline tomorrow] Help us build the next generation of applied long-term thinking.
Applications close Friday, June 5th -> na2.hubs.ly/H05VFqS0
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What does long-term thinking look like in practice? Introducing Long Now Labs, a collaborative space to test, prototype, and build long-term tools.
Lab Series 001 is a collaboration with the Protocol Institute to investigate three aspects of civilizational durability that are being radically reshaped by frontier technologies.
-> Lab 001.1: Book of Time - An open call to submit a concept for a new way of marking, experiencing, or making sense of time.
-> Lab 001.2: Epistemic Cycles - Seeking an individual or team to investigate historical patterns of technological disruption that broke down society's ability to discern truth.
-> Lab 001.3: Interspecies Protocols - Exploring the protocols needed to support interspecies ecologies.
If you are a designer, researcher, writer, or technologist interested in the deep future, we want to hear from you. Submissions are now open.
Learn more about Labs and how to apply: na2.hubs.ly/H059wn90
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[Last call: deadline tomorrow] If you are a designer, researcher, writer, or technologist interested in the deep future, Long Now Labs wants to hear from you!
Applications close Friday, June 5th -> na2.hubs.ly/H05VFqS0
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For 14 issues beginning in 02020, @WarpRecords published a Whole Earth Catalog-style โmixtapeโ of expertly curated art, music, articles, and videos. Hereโs how they described it:
โWarp Earth Catalog is a weekly mixtape of ideas to inspire, inform, enable and energize creativity and positivity in a time of global disruption and uncertainty. Based on the classic countercultural guide the Whole Earth Catalog and its credo of โaccess to toolsโ, these are tools for strength, awareness and thoughtful entertainment. From wherever in the world we are, letโs support each other, make things and help maintain the ecosystem of independent creativity.โ
Even years later, these issues remain highly relevant, wide ranging, and absurdly hip. Explore their archive here: na2.hubs.ly/H05WHMB0
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You can browse original issues of Whole Earth Catalog, created by Long Now cofounder Stewart Brand in 01968, here: wholeearth.info/p/whole-eartโฆ
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