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The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. Read More...

Next Seminar:   May 21     Stewart Brand

SFJAZZ Center
Tue, May 21, 02013 • in 1 day, 10 hours
7pm (Talk begins 7:30pm)

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The 10,000 Year Clock

A monument scale, multi-millennial, all mechanical
clock as an icon to long term thinking.

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Building an Archive of ALL Documented
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