We're delighted to showcase this curated set of Ignite Talks, created and given by Long Now members. Presenting on the subjects of their choice, our speakers have precisely 5 minutes to amuse, educate, enlighten, or inspire the audience!
And we are excited to announce our speakers and their talks:
Dustin Bajer - Cultivate the Millennium!
Mark Bonchek - Organized By Nature
Rose Bloomin - What is Plurality?
Christopher Daniel - 3,000 Years of Maintenance
Ben Haldeman - Expanding Life & Consciousness in the Universe
Andrew Hessel - The Age of Programming Life
Jenny Johnston - A Protopian Frontier
Jane McGonigal - Social Simulations of Unthinkable Futures
Elle Miller - Unlocking Innovation Together: The Power of Public-Private Partnerships
Mike Olson - A Solar Metric Clock
Andrew Warner - Interval Decennial Sneak Peek
& more speakers to be announced
Join us in-person and on the livestream for this fun, surprising and thought-provoking evening, with host Brady Forrest! Brava Theater is located in the lively Mission District - come early and enjoy the local restaurants and our pre-show beer & wine bar.
Upcoming Talks
Long Now Talks are made possible by David and Abby Rumsey, Kim Polese, The Kaphan Foundation, Garrett Gruener, Scorpio Rising Fund, Peter Baumann, Brian Eno, Greg Stikeleather, Cameo Wood, Ping Fu, Peter Schwartz, Lawrence Wilkinson, Ken and Maddy Dychtwald, Future Ventures, Ken and Jackie Broad, AtoB, WHH Foundation, Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan, Jackson Square Partners Foundation, and The Long Now Members. We would also like to recognize George Cowan (01920 - 02012) for being the first to sponsor this series.
Learn about sponsorship
Long Now Talks are made possible through the generous support of The Long Now Membership and our Seminar Sponsors. We offer $5,000 and $15,000 annual Sponsorships, both of which entitle the sponsor and a guest to reserved seating at all Long Now seminars and special events. In addition, we invite $15,000 Sponsors to attend dinner with the speaker after each Seminar, and $5,000 Sponsors may choose to attend any four dinners during the sponsored year. For more information about donations and Seminar Sponsorship, please contact donate@longnow.org. We are a public 501(c)(3) non-profit, and donations to us are always tax deductible.
What is the long now?
The Long Now Foundation is a nonprofit established in 01996 to foster long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.