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Special updates on the 10,000 Year Clock project are posted on the members only Clock Blog.
Filmed on Tuesday April 5, 02011
Alexander Rose, Long Now Executive Director and project manager for the Clock of the Long Now, discussed lessons learned in multi-millennial site design.
Alexander Rose, Long Now Executive Director and project manager for the Clock of the Long Now, discussed lessons learned in multi-millennial site design. Rose covers his trip to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault as well as other sites and precedents like the Mormon Genealogical Vault and the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste site.
Members of Long Now:
Long Now Ignite Talks 02024
02011
Infrastructure,Technology,Design,Architecture,Future,Engineering,Longevity,Civilization,Svalbard Seed Vault
Alicia Escott, Heidi Quante:
The Bureau of Linguistical Reality Performance Lecture
02024
Climate Change, Language, Art, Culture, anthropocene
Jonathan Cordero:
Indigenous Sovereign Futures
02024
Culture, Futures, Environment, History, indigenous
Denise Hearn:
Embodied Economies: How our Economic Stories Shape the World
02024
Economics, Climate Change, biodiversity, capitalism, monopolies, inequality, value, antitrust
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes 02023: YouTube Premiere
02023
Culture, History, Art, archive, film, newsreel, transportation, ephemera, home movies, infrastructure, San Francisco, Prelinger Library, Lost Landscapes
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes 02023 City and Bay in Motion: Transportation and Communication
02023
Culture, History, Art, archive, film, newsreel, transportation, ephemera, home movies, infrastructure, San Francisco, Prelinger Library, Lost Landscapes
Jared Farmer:
Chronodiversity: Thinking about Time with Trees
02023
Abby Smith Rumsey:
Hijacked Histories, Polarized Futures
02023
History, Government, Civilization, Futures, Russia, techno-optimism, authoritarianism, polarization
Henry Farrell:
The Complex Aftermath of Globalization
02023
Globalization, Government, Infrastructure, Technology, Climate Change
Coco Krumme:
The False Promise of Optimization
02023
Business, Computing, Culture, Technology
Bette Adriaanse, Chelsea T. Hicks:
Radical Sharing
02023
Members of Long Now:
Long Now Member Ignite Talks 02023
02023
civilization, futures, culture, science, technology, Ignitetalks, longnow, stories, geeks
:
The Climate Parables: Reporting from the Future
02023
Becky Chambers, Annalee Newitz:
Resisting Dystopia
02023
Ryan Phelan:
Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation
02023
Science, Technology, Climate Change, Genetics, Revive & Restore,conservation, biotech, extinct, coral, ocean, ecological, bioabundance
Jenny Odell:
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
02023
Ismail Ali:
Psychedelics: History at the Crossroads
02023
Ryan North:
How to Invent Everything
02023
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes 02022 Bay and Gateway: Past Glimpses and Possible Futures
02022
Culture, History, Art, archive, film, newsreel, labor, ephemera, home movies, infrastructure, San Francisco, Prelinger Library, Lost Landscapes
Alicia Eggert:
This Moment Used To Be The Future
02022
Johanna Hoffman:
Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Foster Resilience and Co-create the Cities We Need
02022
Stewart Brand, Jonathan Haidt, Kevin Kelly:
Democracy in the Next Cycle of History
02022
Michael Tubbs:
Upsetting the Setup: Creating a California for All
02022
Long Now Members:
Long Now Member Ignite Talks 02022
02022
Ignitetalks, longnow, stories, geeks, civilization, futures, culture, science, technology
Dorie Clark:
The Long Game: How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world
02022
Business, Futures, Long-term Thinking, Culture
John Markoff:
Floating Upstream: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
02022
Culture, Computing, Environment, hippie, hacker, acid, LSD, Whole Earth, personal computer, Steve Jobs, Trips Festival, Earthrise
Kim Stanley Robinson:
Climate Futures: Beyond 02022
02022
Neri Oxman:
Nature x Humanity
02022
Art, Technology, Environment, architecture, design, sustainability, ecology, invention, biology, MIT MediaLab, Material Ecology,
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes 02021 Earth, Fire, Air, Water: California Infrastructures
02021
Culture, History, Art, archive, film, newsreel, labor, ephemera, home movies, infrastructure, San Francisco, Prelinger Library, Lost Landscapes
Neal Stephenson:
Termination Shock
02021
Civilization, Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Futures, cli-fi, global warming, Metaverse, cryptocurrency, Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon
Parag Khanna:
Why Mobility is Destiny
02021
Climate Change, Civilization, Economics, Futures, Globalization, borders, migration, refugee, mobility, futurist
David Rooney:
A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
02021
Civilization, Cities, Culture, Infrastructure, Technology, clock, time, sundial, GPS, satellite, History, Governance
Geoff Manaugh, Nicola Twilley:
Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine
02021
civilization, cities, quarantine, history, infrastructure, futures, black death, Venice, plague, isolation, nuclear waste, extraterrestrial
Kate Darling:
The New Breed: What Our Animal History Reveals For Our Robotic Future
02021
Technology, Science, Futures, ethics, robot, robotics, animals, MIT
Prerna Singh:
State, Society and Vaccines
02021
Science, Culture, Government, Psychology, democracy, public health, vaccine, disease
Eric Debrah Otchere:
Sonic Spaces: A Psychology of Music and Work
02021
Art, Culture, Climate Change, Psychology, music, work, ethnography, Ghana, CASBS
Wade Davis:
Activist Anthropology
02021
Culture, Climate Change, Language, Science, activism, anthropology, cultural relativism, injustice
Suzanne Simard:
Mother Trees and the Social Forest
02021
Environment, Science, Climate Change, Wood Wide Web, fungi, mycorrhizal network, forestry, ecology
Adam Rogers:
Full Spectrum: The Science of Color and Modern Human Perception
02021
Art, Culture, Technology, spectrum, color, perception, pigment, prehistoric, trade, Silk Road
Sean Carroll:
The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life
02021
Evolution, Science, Futures, Past, Time, Physics, Universe, Astronomy, Cosmology, Big Bang, Black Holes, Entropy, Asymmetry, Complexity, Thermodynamics, Life, Cathedral, Galileo, Newton, Einstein, Hawking
Alexander Rose:
Continuity: Discovering the Lessons behind the World’s Longest-lived Organizations
02021
Civilization, Culture, Futures, History, Japan, Temple, Ise Shrine, Library, University, Church, Cathedral, Bristlecone Pine, Tsunami, oldest, ancient, Organizational,
Nathaniel Rich, Ryan Phelan, Ben Novak:
Second Nature: Green Rabbits, Passenger Pigeons, Cloned Ferrets, and the Birth of a New Ecology
02021
Climate Change, Environment, Evolution, Futures, Genetics, Science, Technology, Revive & Restore, conservation, de-extinction, horseshoe crab, passenger pigeon, ferret, ecology, CRISPR, glowing rabbit
Peter Leyden:
The Transformation: A Future History of the World from 02020 to 02050
02021
Civilization, Climate Change, Culture, Economics, Environment, Futures, Genetics, Government, Globalization, Science, Technology, Moore's Law, AI, Amara's Law, Biotech, CRISPR, Clean Energy, Solar, Electric, Batteries, Politics, Progressive, Education,
Jason Tester:
Queering the Future: How LGBTQ Foresight Can Benefit All
02021
Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Futures, Genetics, History, Science, LGBTQ, Gay Pride, Identity, Gender, Fluid, Non-binary, Homosexual, Sex, Pleasure, Orientation, Intersectional, Empathy, Family, Coming Out, Community, Vaccine, Eugenics, Stonewall
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 15
02020
Culture, History, Art, archive, film, newsreel, labor, ephemera, home movies, San Francisco, Prelinger Library, Lost Landscapes
James Nestor:
The Future of Breathing
02020
Culture, Evolution, Futures, Science, Technology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Ancient, Modern, Health, Nutrition, Vitamin, Processed Food, Disease, Dentistry, Breath, Respiratory, Chewing, Breastfeeding, Orthodontics, Skulls, Rickets, Weston Price,
Nadia Eghbal:
The Making and Maintenance of our Open Source Infrastructure
02020
Civilization, Computing, Culture, Economics, History, Infrastructure, Technology, Maintenance, Open Source, Software, Ise Shrine,
Roman Krznaric:
Becoming a Better Ancestor
02020
civilization, futures, history, ancestor, intergenerational, empathy, deep time, cathedral thinking, scale, long-term thinking, generation
Long Now Members:
Long Now Member Ignite Talks 02020
02020
civilization, culture, futures, art, ignitetalks, stories, geeks, climate change, science, technology
Julia Watson:
Design by Radical Indigenism
02020
Civilization, Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Futures, Technology, Traditional, Vernacular, Architecture, Sustainable, Ecology, Biodiversity, Indigenous, Knowledge, Maintenance, Landscape
Genevieve Bell:
The 4th Industrial Revolution: Responsible & Secure AI
02020
Civilization, Computing, Futures, History, Infrastructure, Science, Technology, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Revolution, Cyber, Cybernetic, Macy Conferences, aboriginal, computer science
Craig Childs:
Tracking the First People into Ice Age North America
02020
Climate Change, Environment, History, Technology, Pleistocene, Ice Age, Glacier, Landscape, Clovis, Paleolithic, Artifacts, First Peoples, Hunter Gatherer, Megafauna, Extinction, Migration, Myth, Burning Man, Gathering
Peter Calthorpe:
Urban Planet: Ecology, Community, and Growth Through the Next Century
02020
Cities, Civilization, Culture, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Futures, Government, Infrastructure, Urban, Landscape, Ecology, Affordable, Housing, Crisis, Development, Mixed Use, Transit, Transportation, Politics
Lonny J Avi Brooks:
When is Wakanda: Imagining Afrofutures
02020
Art, Culture, Futures, History, Science Fiction, Education, Black, Africa, Diaspora, Slavery, Trauma, Imagination, Afrofuturism, LGBTQ, Queer, Black Panther, Sun Ra, African American
Brian Fisher:
Edible Insects: Where Land Conservation and Protein Meet
02020
Culture, Environment, Agriculture, Farming, Food, Nutrition, Protein, Health, Fertilizer, Forest, Ecology, Madagascar, Entomology, Insects, Ants, Locusts, Crickets, Climate Change, Economics, Deforestation, poverty, California Academy of Sciences
Frank Ostaseski:
What the Dying Teach the Living: Death During a Pandemic
02020
Culture, Death, Hospice, Zen Center, Zen Hospice Project, Dying, End of Life, Care, Compassion, Palliative, Suffering, Elder, Wisdom, Pandemic, COVID
Rick Doblin:
Transformational Psychedelics
02020
Civilization, Culture, Futures, Government, Psychology, Science, Technology, Psychedelics, Psychotherapy, Neuroscience, Politics, Drug War, LSD, MDMA, MKULTRA, PTSD, FDA
Laurance Doyle:
Interspecies Communication and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
02020
Science, SETI, astrophysicist, whale, animal, communications theory, language, signal processing
Jane Metcalfe:
The Neobiological Revolution
02020
Science, technology, biology, genetics, DNA, digital revolution, Wired, hacking
Multiple Speakers:
Long Conversation
02020
Civilization, Culture, Cities, Climate Change, Energy, Futures, Globalization, Government, History, Health, Medicine, Biology, Science, Technology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Maintenance, Pandemic
Eric Ries:
Long-Term Stock Exchange
02020
Business, Culture, Economics, Futures, Infrastructure, Innovation, Investors, Stakeholders, Markets, Trading, Corporations, Companies, Financial System, Price, Value, Trust, Public, Startup, IPO, Stock Market, Wall Street, Stockbroker, NYSE, NASDAQ, LTSE
Bina Venkataraman:
Long-Term Thinking in a Distracted World
02020
Business, Cities, Civilization, Climate Change, Computing, Culture, Economics, Energy, Environment, Futures, Globalization, Government, History, Language, Psychology, Science, Technology, Optimism
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 14
02019
Culture, History, Art, archive, film, newsreel, labor, ephemera, home movies, San Francisco, Prelinger Library, Lost Landscapes
Andrew McAfee:
More From Less
02019
Environment, Business, Capitalism, Cities, Civilziation, Climate Change, Energy, Economics, Futures, Globalization, Science, Technology, dematerialization, decoupling
Suhanya Raffel:
World Art Through The Asian Perspective
02019
Art, Culture, Museum, Curation, Mplus, Hong Kong, kowloon, asia, asian, archives, Globalization
Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, Nicholas de Pencier:
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
02019
Environment, energy, climate change, history, futures, anthropocene, industrial, planetary, scale, engineering, holocene
Monica L. Smith:
Cities: The First 6,000 Years
02019
Culture, City, Cities, Infrastructure, History, Civilization, Archeology, Economics, Ancient, Environment
Marcia Bjornerud:
Timefulness
02019
Science, Geology, Geologist, Time, Civilization, Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Psychology, deep time, Svalbard
Mariana Mazzucato:
Rethinking Value
02019
Business, Economics, Climate Change, Value, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Psychology, Technology, inequality, capitalism, GDP, economy, Adam Smith, free market
David Byrne:
Good News & Sleeping Beauties
02019
Culture, Technology, Science, Greeks, History, Art, Civilization, Future, Globalization, Infrastructure, Psychology, Good News, Optimism, antikythera, Sleeping Beauty, Inventions
Ian McEwan:
Machines Like Me
02019
Culture, Science, Technology, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Evolution, Future, Psychology, Alan Turing, Science Fiction, History
Jeff Goodell:
The Water Will Come
02019
Environment, Climate Change, Economics, Water, Glacier, Antarctica, Cities, Civilization, Government, Infrastructure, Psychology, Science, Technology, Ocean, Ice, Thwaites, Flood
Chip Conley:
The Modern Elder and the Intergenerational Workplace
02019
Business, Culture, Economics, Psychology, Elder, Aging, Retirement, Youth, Ageism, Intern, Wisdom, Emotional Intelligence, Experience
John Brockman:
Possible Minds
02019
Technology, Economics, Psychology, Future, Science, Artificial intelligence, AI, Robots, Edge.org, Alison Gopnick, Rodney Brooks, Stuart Russell, Computer Science, Kevin Kelly, Consciousness, training data, machine learning, neural network
Martin Rees:
Prospects for Humanity
02019
Science, Civilization, Climate Change, Culture, Economics, Humanity, Environment, Future, Geoengineering, Genetics, Globalization, Government, History, Technology, Infrastructure, Psychology, Astronomy, artificial intelligence
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 13
02018
Culture, History, Art, archive, film, newsreel, labor, ephemera, home movies, San Francisco, Prelinger Library, Lost Landscapes
Niall Ferguson:
Networks and Power
02018
Culture, Technology, Networks, Power, Government, History, Printing Press, Reformation, Economics, Facebook, Social Networks, Trump, Internet, Monopolies, Democracy, China, populism
Mary Lou Jepsen:
Toward Practical Telepathy
02018
Science, Technology, Future, MRI, Neurology, laser, neuroimaging, telepathy, openwater, wearables, holography, imaging, BMI, medicine, brain, mind, FMRI, healthcare
Stewart Brand:
Whole Earth Catalog 50th Anniversary Celebration
02018
Culture, Art, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Evolution, Future, Science, Technology, Makers, Coevolution, whole earth, Simone Giertz, Kevin Kelly, Education, The WELL, Buckminster Fuller
Julia Galef:
Soldiers and Scouts: Why our minds weren't built for truth, and how we can change that
02018
Soldier, scout, psychology, evolutionary psychology, Science, positive thinking, economics, optimism, thinking, rationality, rationalism, darwin
Juan Benet:
Long Term Info-structure
02018
Science, Technology, Future, Infrastructure
George P. Shultz:
Perspective
02018
Business, Economics, Government, History, Peter Schwartz, politics, Nixon, Kissinger, Reagan, Cuba, nuclear, Secretary of State
Chris D. Thomas:
Are We Initiating The Great Anthropocene Speciation Event?
02018
Climate Change, Environment, Evolution, Genetics, Globalization, Science, biodiversity, hybrid, Anthropocene, conservation, extinction
Benjamin Grant:
Overview: Earth and Civilization in the Macroscope
02018
Culture, Technology, Art, Globalization, Climate Change, Space, Infrastructure, Psychology, Environment, Satellite, Earthrise, Blue Marble, Earth, Overview effect, Photography, Civilization, Long-term thinking, Stewart Brand, Long Now, Seminars
Kishore Mahbubani:
Has the West Lost It? Can Asia Save It?
02018
Government, Globalization, Infrastructure, Future, Economics, Business, Singapore, ASEAN, United Nations, Public Policy, China, Indonesia, United States
Steven Pinker:
A New Enlightenment
02018
Culture,History,Psychology,Education,enlightenment,reason,science,humanism,progress,optimism,pessimism,statistics,negative confirmation bias
Michael Frachetti:
Open Source Civilization and the Unexpected Origins of the Silk Road
02018
Culture,History,bronze age,eurasian,open source,civilization,nomadic,silk road,pastoral,network,archaeology,society,mobile
Charles C. Mann:
The Wizard and the Prophet
02018
Environment,Science,Technology,History,Climate Change,Agriculture,soil,nitrogen,food security,green revolution,limits,growth,industrial farming,organic,planetary boundaries,apocalyptic,techno-optimism
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 12
02017
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Elena Bennett:
Seeds of a Good Anthropocene
02017
Environment,Technology,Globalization,Future,ecosystem management,anthropocene,sustainability,ecology,climate change,flood control,food,water
Renee Wegrzyn:
Engineering Gene Safety
02017
Technology,Science,Genetics,Future,Climate Change,Environment,Terrorism,synthetic biology,crispr,gene drive,gene editing,DARPA,biosecurity,biosafety,mosquito,genomics,infectious disease
David Grinspoon:
Earth in Human Hands
02017
Environment,Science,Cities,Future,Globalization,History,Technology,anthropocene,planet,life,solar system,cyanobacteria,oxygen,carbon dioxide,astrobiology,ice age,climate change
Nicky Case:
Seeing Whole Systems
02017
Culture,Technology,Education,Psychology,maps,chaos,strategy,balancing,reinforcing,simulation,gaming,feedback loop,visualization,systems thinking,complex systems,evolution,interactive
Carolyn Porco:
Searching for Life in the Solar System
02017
Science,Space,Technology,Galaxy,Enceladus,life,SETI,Europa,Cassini,biology,astro-biology,voyager,interstellar
James Gleick:
Time Travel
02017
Space,Culture,time travel,future,paradox,past,Borges,H.G. Wells,physics,universe,cosmology
Geoffrey B. West:
The Universal Laws of Growth and Pace
02017
Science,Growth,Cities,Energy,Environment,Climate Change,Economics,Globalization,History,Business,Sustainability,physics,complexity,systems,scaling,sociology,companies,complex systems
Frank Ostaseski:
What the Dying Teach the Living
02017
Culture,ageing,compassion,death,dying,poem,poetry
Bjorn Lomborg:
From Feel-Good to High-Yield Good: How to Improve Philanthropy and Aid
02017
Culture,Environment,philanthropy,globalization,Climate Change,Economics,Psychology
Jennifer Pahlka:
Fixing Government: Bottom Up and Outside In
02017
Government,Technology,software,design,efficiency,social justice,Code for America,iterative
Steven Johnson:
Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
02017
Technology,play,creativity,innovation,civilization,history,culture,cosmopolitan,international,mechanization,mechanical
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 11
02016
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Douglas Coupland:
The Extreme Present
02016
culture,Technology,Art,Internet,future,time,perception,generation x,microserf,bit rot
David Eagleman:
The Brain and The Now
02016
science,neuroscience,causality,perception,technology,cognition,time,Stewart Brand,Danny Hillis,behavior
Jonathan Rose:
The Well Tempered City
02016
cities,urbanization,technology,complexity,resilience,pragmatism,government,governance,culture,urban planning,history,archaeology,circular economy
Seth Lloyd:
Quantum Computer Reality
02016
Science,Technology,quantum,information,computers,quantum computing,universe,physics,MIT,quantum communication,optimization,programming
Kevin Kelly:
The Next 30 Digital Years
02016
technology,future,Wired,becoming,cognifying,flowing,screening,accessing,sharing,filtering,remixing,interacting,tracking,questioning,beginning,late,inevitable,trend,artificial intelligence,smartness,opportunity,sharing economy
Brian Christian:
Algorithms to Live By
02016
Technology,psychology,economics,Computer Science,Behavior Science,algorithms,decision,optimism,regret,computational kindness,explore,exploit,optimal,artificial intelligence
Walter Mischel:
The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
02016
Science,marshmallow,psychology,self-control,success,Kahneman,gratification,delay,defuse,behavior,emotional intelligence
Priyamvada Natarajan:
Solving Dark Matter and Dark Energy
02016
science,black hole,dark energy,dark matter,cosmos,universe,galaxies,astrophysics,space,Hubble Space Telescope,lensing,telescopes,space-time
Jane Langdale:
Radical Ag: C4 Rice and Beyond
02016
Carbon fixing,rice,photosynthesis,Gates Foundation,climate change,agriculture,food crops,genetics,bioengineering,IRRI,food security,Science
Stephen Pyne:
Fire Slow, Fire Fast, Fire Deep
02016
environment,History,ecosystem,fire,anthropocene,climate change,land management,Nature Conservancy
Eric Cline:
1177 B.C.: When Civilization Collapsed
02016
History,Culture,Environment,Bronze Age,civilization,collapse,networked,society,Sea Peoples,Ancient Egypt,Egyptians,Assyrians,Babylonians,tin,copper,bronze,shipwreck,clay tablet,refugee,drought,famine
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 10
02015
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Philip Tetlock:
Superforecasting
02015
Science,Future,Psychology,forecasting,prediction,judgement,geopolitical,Kahneman,politics,patterns,bias
Andy Weir:
The Red Planet for Real
02015
Art, Civilization, Culture, Environment, Futures, History, Psychology, Science, Science Fiction, Space, Technology, Author, Novelist, Literature, Books, The Martian, Mars, Humanity, Space Exploration
James Fallows:
Civilization's Infrastructure
02015
civilization,infrastructure,Culture,society,hard infrastructure,soft infrastructure,invest,emergency,stealth,story,cities,high-speed rail,pragmatism
Saul Griffith:
Infrastructure and Climate Change
02015
Environment,Technology,climate change,long-term thinking,infrastructure,society,cities,bicycle,innovation,education,local,maker movement,design tools,adoption curve,optimism
Sara Seager:
Other Earths. Other Life.
02015
Space,Science,Technology,exoplanets,planetary science,telescope,starshade,atmosphere,Kepler,astrophysics,habitable range,spectrographic
Ramez Naam:
Enhancing Humans, Advancing Humanity
02015
Science,Technology,genetics,cyborg,future,biotech,medicine,disease,digital connectivity,viral video,empathy,ethics,brain science,artificial intelligence,digital divide,smartphones
Neil Gaiman:
How Stories Last
02015
Culture,Art,Civilization,Future,Gaiman,Neil Gaiman,Amanda Palmer,storytelling,stories,myth,oral tradition,terracotta warriors,Sandman,American Gods
Beth Shapiro:
How to Clone a Mammoth
02015
Technology,Science,Genetics,Environment,mammoth,passenger pigeon,heath hen,black-footed ferret,elephant,genetic engineering,cloning,CRISPR,paleogenomics,ancient DNA,de-extinction,genetic rescue,keystone species,endangered,conservation,tundra,permafrost
Michael Shermer:
The Long Arc of Moral Progress
02015
Culture,Psychology,morality,science,justice,enlightenment,religion,reason,Steven Pinker,skeptic,civil liberties,democracy,market economy
Paul Saffo:
The Creator Economy
02015
Business,Economics,Future,Technology,attention,creator,maker,forecasting,futurist,economic theory,robot,culture,disruption,invention,engagement,brautigan
David Keith:
Patient Geoengineering
02015
Environment,climate,climate change,geoengineering,responsive,carbon dioxide,emissions,global warming,sulfur,stratosphere
Stewart Brand, Paul Saffo:
Pace Layers Thinking
02015
Art, Business, Cities, Civilization, Climate Change, Culture, Economics, Energy, Environment, Evolution, Government, History, Infrastructure, Language, Psychology, Science, Technology, Thinking, Pace Layers, Fashion, Commerce, Governance, Nature, Fast, Sl
Jesse Ausubel:
Nature is Rebounding: Land- and Ocean-sparing through Concentrating Human Activities
02015
environment,restoration,earth systems,agriculture,urbanization,dematerialization,ocean,statistics,peak farmland,decarbonize,aquaculture
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 9
02014
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Kevin Kelly:
Technium Unbound
02014
technology,noosphere,technium,evolution,holosphere,Anthropocene,Civilization,Internet,super-organism,planetary,web,Wired
Larry Harvey:
Why The Man Keeps Burning
02014
Culture,Art,Cities,Future,Burning Man,festival,community,regionals,radical,ritual,secular,sacred,philosophical center,cultural legacy,Larry Harvey,Alexander Rose
Drew Endy:
The iGEM Revolution
02014
Technology,Genetics,Science,Synthetic Biology,Bioengineering,iGem,BioBricks,MIT,DNA,transcriptor,genomes,open source,biotech
Anne Neuberger:
Inside the NSA
02014
Technology,NSA,Future,Infrastructure,security,Snowden,social contract,intelligence community,counterterrorism,government,private sector,surveillance,Internet,transparency
Adrian Hon:
A History of the Future in 100 Objects
02014
Culture,future,futurism,forecasting,game,gamification,artifact,object,neuroscience,zombies,history
Stefan Kroepelin:
Civilization’s Mysterious Desert Cradle: Rediscovering the Deep Sahara
02014
Environment,explorer,History,climate change,paleoclimatology,Sahara,desert,prehistoric,core sample,rock art,Egypt,civilization,pharaonic,Chad,nomadic
Sylvia Earle, Tierney Thys:
Oceanic
02014
Science,oceans,Environment,currents,coral reef,mola,marine protected area,oceanographer,photosynthesis,bioluminescence,robot,conservation,shark,tiger,National Geographic Explorer,microbe
Tony Hsieh:
Helping Revitalize a City
02014
Business,Las Vegas,Downtown Project,Culture,corporate culture,collisions,collisionability,cities,infrastructure,technology
Mariana Mazzucato:
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Private vs. Public Sector Myths
02014
Business,Economics,Government,Technology,DARPA,CERN,GPS,internet,innovation,funding,VC,investment
Colonel Matthew Bogdanos:
The Unlooting of Civilization’s Treasures in Wartime Iraq
02014
Culture,History,Iraq,Museum,Archive,crime,art history
Brian Eno, Danny Hillis:
The Long Now, now
02014
Culture,Art,conversation,Future,Globalization,synthetic biology,10,000 Year Clock,surrender
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 8
02013
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Richard Kurin:
American History in 101 Objects
02013
History,America,Culture,Smithsonian,Lincoln,Morse code,bison
Adam Steltzner:
Beyond Mars, Earth
02013
science,Space,starship,Technology,space exploration,futurism,Mars,Curiosity Rover,sky crane,seven minutes of terror,Earth
Peter Schwartz:
The Starships ARE Coming
02013
Science,Space,Future,Civilization,starship,interstellar,Technology,space exploration,futurism,scenario planning,galactic civilization
Daniel Kahneman:
Thinking Fast and Slow
02013
Science,Psychology,Culture,behavioral economics,prospect theory,intuition,fast thinking,slow thinking,nobel prize
Craig Childs:
Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth
02013
apocalypse,climate change,adventure,environment,Atacama,glaciers,desertification,geology,genetic engineering
Ed Lu:
Anthropocene Astronomy: Thwarting Dangerous Asteroids Begins with Finding Them
02013
science,meteor,asteroid,Sentinel,B612,astronauts,space,gravity tractor,Chelyabinsk,Tunguska,B612 Foundation
Stewart Brand:
Reviving Extinct Species
02013
Science,Genetics,extinction,de-extinction,Genomics,genes,technology,revive,species,mammoth,passenger pigeon
Nicholas Negroponte:
Beyond Digital
02013
technology,Culture,Education,Business,Psychology,laptop,media lab,digital
George Dyson:
No Time Is There--- The Digital Universe and Why Things Appear To Be Speeding Up
02013
Science,digital universe,time,acceleration,computer history,evolution,Technology,Von Neumann,big data
Chris Anderson:
The Makers Revolution
02013
Business,Technology,Economics,entrepreneurship,emerging markets,globalization,engineering,maker,makerbot,maker faire,3d printing,drones,cad
Terry Hunt, Carl Lipo:
The Statues Walked -- What Really Happened on Easter Island
02013
Civilization,History,Culture,Easter Island,Rapa Nui,environment,sustainability,anthropology,statues,moai
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 7
02012
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Peter Warshall:
Enchanted by the Sun: The CoEvolution of Light, Life, and Color on Earth
02012
Science,Environment,Art,color,evolution,light,bioluminescence,spectrum,twilight
Lazar Kunstmann, Jon Lackman:
Preservation without Permission: the Paris Urban eXperiment
02012
Culture,Art,clock,history,philanthropy,philosophy,anthropology,Pantheon,underground,preservation
Steven Pinker:
The Decline of Violence
02012
Culture,Civilization,politics,history,violence,Psychology,optimism,conflict,social sciences,humanitarianism,peace,democratization
Tim O'Reilly:
Birth of the Global Mind
02012
technology,cyborg,future,infrastructure,AI,globalization,Internet,collective intelligence,gift culture,crowd-sourced,artificial intelligence
Elaine Pagels:
The Truth About the Book of Revelations
02012
culture,religion,history,revelations,gnostic gospels,conflict,Rome,bible
Cory Doctorow:
The Coming Century of War Against Your Computer
02012
technology,infrastructure,business,internet,Cutlure,future,government,security,copyright,net neutrality,freedom,open source,surveillance,hacking
Benjamin Barber:
If Mayors Ruled the World
02012
Business,Culture,Climate Change,Government,politics,democratization,public policy,globalization,cities,mayors,urbanization
Susan Freinkel:
Eternal Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
02012
environment,history,culture,technology,economics,sustainability,policy,plastics,recycling,bioplastic,green chemistry,disposable
Charles C. Mann:
Living in the Homogenocene: The First 500 Years
02012
environment,history,globalization,sustainability,Columbus,invasive species,disease,trade,slave trade,Civilization,potato famine,de-forestation
Edward O. Wilson:
The Social Conquest of Earth
02012
Culture,Science,Technology,Environment,Evolution,History,Ecology,evolutionary biology,ants,altruism,eusocial,kin selection
Mark Lynas:
The Nine Planetary Boundaries: Finessing the Anthropocene
02012
environment,climate change,sustainability,Anthropocene,policy,planetary boundaires,ocean acidification,ozone,earth systems
Jim Richardson:
Heirlooms: Saving Humanity's 10,000-year Legacy of Food
02012
Art,Culture,Science,Technology,Climate Change,Environment,Heirloom,Genetics,seeds,food,agriculture,animals,photography,National Geographic
Lawrence Lessig:
How Money Corrupts Congress and a Plan to Stop It
02012
Culture,Government,Economics,Business,law,public policy,Capitol Hill,campaign finance,Danny Hillis,congress,constitution
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 6
02011
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Brewster Kahle:
Universal Access to All Knowledge
02011
Culture,Future,Technology,library,books,Internet,digitize,backup,digital dark age,knowledge,scanning
Laura Cunningham:
Ten Millennia of California Ecology
02011
Environment,Climate Change,Art,California Grizzly,Conservation,History,ecology,paleontology,California
Timothy Ferriss:
Accelerated Learning in Accelerated Times
02011
Business,culture,psychology,wellness,education,accelerate,language
Geoffrey B. West:
Why Cities Keep on Growing, Corporations Always Die, and Life Gets Faster
02011
Science,Growth,Cities,Energy,Environment,Climate Change,Economics,Globalization,History,Business,Sustainability
Peter Kareiva:
Conservation in the Real World
02011
Climate Change,Sustainability,Environment,nature,conservation,ecosystem,urbanization
Carl Zimmer:
Viral Time
02011
Science,Virus,Environment,Medicine,Evolution,bacteria,Genetics,Virology
Tim Flannery:
Here on Earth
02011
Climate Change,History,Environment,evolution,Darwin,astrobiology,earth system,superorganism
Ian Morris:
Why the West Rules - For Now
02011
Culture,History,Conflict,Globalization,Government,Technology,Economics
Alexander Rose:
Millennial Precedent
02011
Infrastructure,Technology,Design,Architecture,Future,Engineering,Longevity,Civilization,Svalbard Seed Vault
Matt Ridley:
Deep Optimism
02011
Culture,Memes,Climate Change,Economics,Optimism,Future,Psychology,Technology,Sustainability,History,Environment,Economic Policy
Mary Catherine Bateson:
Live Longer, Think Longer
02011
Culture,Future,anthropology,ageing,parenting
Philip K. Howard:
Fixing Broken Government
02011
Culture,Government,Infrastructure,Psychology,Budgets,Business,Economic Policy,History,Entrepreneurship,
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 5
02010
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Rachel Sussman:
The World's Oldest Living Organisms
02010
Environment,Science,Oldest,Bristlecones,Climate Change,Art,Sustainability
Lera Boroditsky:
How Language Shapes Thought
02010
Culture,language,cognitive science,blue,gender,time
Stewart Brand, Jane McGonigal:
Long Conversation 19 of 19
02010
Entertainment,globalization,Technology,New Games,games,future
Jane McGonigal, Tiffany Shlain:
Long Conversation 18 of 19
02010
Internet,games,space,technology,globalization
Paul Hawken, Tiffany Shlain:
Long Conversation 17 of 19
02010
Internet,Culture,Systems thinking,economics,globalization
Katherine Fulton, Paul Hawken:
Long Conversation 16 of 19
02010
Environment,Journalism,Philanthropy,Culture,Globalization
Stuart Candy, Katherine Fulton:
Long Conversation 15 of 19
02010
Philanthropy,scenario planning,future,economics,business
Stuart Candy, Danese Cooper:
Long Conversation 14 of 19
02010
Culture,Education,Internet,archives,wiki,future,infrastructure,encyclopedia
Danese Cooper, Peter Schwartz:
Long Conversation 13 of 19
02010
Education,Internet,Culture,Wiki,economics,networks
Peter Schwartz, Pete Worden:
Long Conversation 12 of 19
02010
Science,Space,Technology,starships,interstellar travel
Ken Foster, Pete Worden:
Long Conversation 11 of 19
02010
NASA,Science,Technology,Singularity
Melissa Alexander, Ken Foster:
Long Conversation 10 of 19
02010
Culture,Art,Education,Maker,Internet
Melissa Alexander, Ken Wilson:
Long Conversation 9 of 19
02010
Art,Science,Education,Citizen Science,Environment,Culture
John Perry Barlow, Ken Wilson:
Long Conversation 8 of 19
02010
Technology,Internet,Philanthropy,diversity,Globalization,Culture,government
John Perry Barlow, Violet Blue:
Long Conversation 7 of 19
02010
Culture,Art,Internet,Journalism,Sexuality,Religion,Censorship
Violet Blue, Robin Sloan:
Long Conversation 6 of 19
02010
Technology,Journalism,Twitter,sexuality,Internet,Culture
Robin Sloan, Jill Tarter:
Long Conversation 5 of 19
02010
Internet,SETI,modeling,Science
Emily Levine, Jill Tarter:
Long Conversation 4 of 19
02010
Education,Science,NASA,SETI,technology,astronomy
Saul Griffith, Emily Levine:
Long Conversation 3 of 19
02010
Climate Change,Entertainment,Environment,Sexuality,Science,socks,politics
Jem Finer, Saul Griffith:
Long Conversation 2 of 19
02010
Environment,Climate Change,Energy,modeling,Music
Stewart Brand, Jem Finer:
Long Conversation 1 of 19
02010
Environment,Music,Longplayer,Art,Culture
Nineteen Speakers:
Long Conversation
02010
Culture,Education,Entertainment,Science,Technology,New Media
Richard Rhodes:
Twilight of the Bombs
02010
History,Technology,Science,Nuclear,Terrorism,cold war,Russia,Government
Martin Rees:
Life's Future in the Cosmos
02010
Space,Technology,Royal Society,cosmos,astronomer,civilization,SETI,METI,dark energy,Kepler telescope,solar system
Jesse Schell:
Visions of the Gamepocalypse
02010
Technology,games,gamification,future,Culture,Business,Art,Economics
Frank Gavin:
Five Ways to Use History Well
02010
Culture,History,policy,nuclear nonproliferation treaty,cuban missle crisis
Ed Moses:
Clean Fusion Power This Decade
02010
Technology,Energy,Nuclear,Fusion,fossil fuel,climate change,environment coal,future Lawrence Livermore,hydrogen
Nils Gilman:
Deviant Globalization
02010
Business,Globalization,Economics,grey market,black market,outlaw,illict
David Eagleman:
Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization
02010
History,Future,Civilization,disease,archives,libraries,government,technology,psychology,energy,education,economics,Internet
Beth Noveck:
Transparent Government
02010
Business,Government,Open-source,Wiki,Entrepreneurship,Internet,law,Personal Technology,Social Issues,White House
Alan Weisman:
World Without Us, World With Us
02010
Science,Future,Climate Change,Plastic,Cities,Infrastructure,Technology,Environment
Stewart Brand, Brian Eno, Alexander Rose:
Long Finance: The Enduring Value Conference
02010
Business,Economics,Government,Future,finance
Wade Davis:
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
02010
Culture,anthropology,psychology,polynesian,amazon,wayfinders,History,Social Sciences
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 4
02009
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Sander van der Leeuw:
The Archaeology of Innovation
02009
Technology,Brain,Psychology,Energy,Infrastructure,Government,Climate Change,History,Sustainability
Stewart Brand:
Rethinking Green
02009
Climate Change,Globalization,Cities,Energy,Environment,urbanization,synthetic biology,genetic engineering,geoengineering,nuclear power
Arthur Ganson:
Machines and the Breath of Time
02009
Culture,Art,Technology,sculpture,time,deep time
Wayne Clough:
Smithsonian Forever
02009
Climate Change,Environment,History,Natural Sciences,Smithsonian
Raoul Adamchak, Pamela Ronald:
Organically Grown and Genetically Engineered: The Food of the Future
02009
Environment,food,Science,agriculture,farming,heirloom,infrastructure,Sustainability,Genetics,Organic
Paul Romer:
A Theory of History, with an Application
02009
History,Economics,Climate Change,Technology,emerging markets,Globalization,poverty
Michael Pollan:
Deep Agriculture
02009
Environment,food,Science,agriculture,farming,heirloom,infrastructure,Sustainability
Gavin Newsom:
Cities and Time
02009
Cities,Climate Change,Environment,energy,urbanization,sustainability
Daniel Everett:
Endangered languages, lost knowledge and the future
02009
Culture,History,Language,anthropology,recursion,Amazon,endangered
Dmitry Orlov:
Social Collapse Best Practices
02009
Culture,Economics,History,collapse,Soviet Union,Russia,kitchen gardens,housing,security
Saul Griffith:
Climate Change Recalculated
02009
Environment,Climate Change,Energy,Sustainability,solar,wind,fossil fuels,coal,oil,infrastructure
Rick Prelinger:
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco
02008
Culture,History,Art,archive,film,newsreel,labor,ephemera,home movies,San Francisco,Prelinger Library,Lost Landscapes
Drew Endy, Jim Thomas:
Synthetic Biology Debate
02008
Science,Technology,Genetics,bioengineering,biobrick,open-source,biotech
Huey Johnson:
Green Planning at Nation Scale
02008
Environment,Climate Change,Government,energy,ecosystem management,restoration
Peter Diamandis:
Long-term X-Prizes
02008
Business,Technology,Science,Economics,Future,X prize
Neal Stephenson:
ANATHEM Book Launch Event
02008
Art,Culture,quantum mechanics,analema,10,000 year clock
Daniel Suarez:
Daemon: Bot-mediated Reality
02008
Technology,Internet,novel,bots,AI,Entertainment,Future,long-term thinking,stewart brand,Long Now,Seminar
Edward Burtynsky:
The 10,000-year Gallery
02008
Art,Culture,Climate Change,photography,carbon transfer print,sublime
Paul Ehrlich:
The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment
02008
Culture,Evolution,Energy,Environment,Tools,Technology,Economy,Climate Change,Sustainability
Iqbal Quadir:
Technology Empowers the Poorest
02008
Technology,Economics,emerging markets,Globalization,decentralization,connectivity,GrameenPhone
Niall Ferguson, Peter Schwartz:
Historian vs. Futurist on Human Progress
02008
Culture,Science,Technology,Business,Prediction,Progress,History,Psychology,Conflict,counter-factual
Craig Venter:
Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention
02008
Science,Technology,Climate Change,synthetic biology,evolution,microbe,genome
Nassim Nicholas Taleb:
The Future Has Always Been Crazier Than We Thought
02008
Culture,Statistics,Prediction,Outlier,Black Swan,probability,Psychology,information,confirmation bias
Paul Saffo:
Embracing Uncertainty: the secret to effective forecasting
02008
Future,forecasting,Technology,change,History,inflection point,robot
Joline Blais, Jon Ippolito:
At the Edge of Art
02007
Culture,Art,Future,Art History,Technology
Rosabeth Moss Kanter:
Enduring Principles for Changing Times
02007
Science,Future,Psychology,leadership,principles,values
Juan Enriquez:
Mapping the Frontier of Knowledge
02007
Technology,genetics,life,future,science
Rip Anderson, Gwyneth Cravens:
Power to Save the World
02007
Climate Change,Environment,energy,nuclear power
Alex Wright:
Glut: Mastering Information Though the Ages
02007
Technology,Information,libraries,Infrastructure,Evolution,History,Social Issues
Francis Fukuyama:
'The End of History' Revisited
02007
History,Economics,Globalization,Climate Change,Science,Technology,Culture,modernization,biotech
Paul Hawken:
The New Great Transformation
02007
Environment,Future,Culture,Climate Change,Economics,Globalization
Steven Johnson:
The Long Zoom
02007
Science,History,Cities,disease,medicine,cholera,ghost map,consilience,complexity
Frans Lanting:
Life's Journey Through Time
02007
Science,Art,History,Evolution,cynobacteria,Environment,oxygen,life
Brian Fagan:
We Are Not the First to Suffer Through Climate Change
02007
Science,Technology,Climate Change,History,civilization,deforestation,collapse,drought,Canada
Vernor Vinge:
What If the Singularity Does NOT Happen?
02007
Technology,Science,Economics,Future,History
Philip Tetlock:
Why Foxes Are Better Forecasters Than Hedgehogs
02007
Science,Future,History,forecasting,expert,prediction,politics
Philip Rosedale:
'Second Life:' What Do We Learn If We Digitize EVERYTHING?
02006
Business,Technology,Culture,Art,Gaming,2nd life,Economics,Psychology,Internet
Larry Brilliant, Katherine Fulton, Richard Rockefeller:
The Deeper News About the New Philanthropy
02006
Culture,Future,Philanthropy,Economics,wealth,accountability
John Baez:
Zooming Out in Time
02006
Science,Geology,Psychology,Anthropocene,Climate Change,Energy,History,Future
Orville Schell:
China Thinks Long-term, But Can It Relearn to Act Long-term?
02006
Culture,Economics,History,Asia,China,society,growth,population
John Rendon:
Long-term Policy to Make the War on Terror Short
02006
Cuture,Government,Islam,Terrorism,Globalization,U.S. Foreign Policy
Brian Eno, Will Wright:
Playing with Time
02006
Technology,Culture,Sim City,Spore,ambient music,generative,civilization
Chris Anderson, Will Hearst:
The Long Time Tail
02006
Business,Technology,Culture,Long tail,Economics,Internet,power law,distribution
Jimmy Wales:
Vision: Wikipedia and the Future of Free Culture
02006
Culture,internet,Wikipedia,Technology,community,trust
Kevin Kelly:
The Next 100 Years of Science: Long-term Trends in the Scientific Method.
02006
Science,Future,Technology,Energy,History,infrastructure,Scientific Method,biology,simulations,Aritificial Intelligence
Stephen Lansing:
Perfect Order: A Thousand Years in Bali
02006
History,Culture,Environment,anthropology,irrigation,subak,Bali,rice,gamelan
Ralph Cavanagh, Peter Schwartz:
Nuclear Power, Climate Change and the Next 10,000 Years
02006
Technology,Nuclear,Climate Change,Carbon,Economics,Thorium,fusion,Energy,Environment,Terrorism,U.S. Foreign Policy
Sam Harris:
The View from the End of the World
02005
Culture,Psychology,Religion,civilization,extremism
Clay Shirky:
Making Digital Durable: What Time Does to Categories
02005
Techology,Social Software,tags,category,Internet,Digital Dark Age,archives
Esther Dyson, Freeman Dyson, George Dyson:
The Difficulty of Looking Far Ahead
02005
Future,Technology,Climate Change,Dyson Sphere,Von Neumann,biotech
Ray Kurzweil:
Kurzweil's Law
02005
Technology,exponential,Moore's Law,progress,AI,Artificial intelligence,Singularity,computation,transhumanism,History,Social Issues
Robert Fuller:
Patient Revolution: Human Rights Past and Future
02005
Culture,History,human rights,Psychology,society
Jared Diamond:
How Societies Fail-And Sometimes Succeed
02005
Culture,Environment,History,Economics,Ecology,Collapse,Society
Robert Neuwirth:
The 21st Century Medieval City
02005
Culture,Cities,Infrastructure,population,urbanization,squatters
Will Jarvis:
Time Capsule Behavior
02005
Culture,Time capsules,Pompeii,History
Stewart Brand:
Cities & Time
02005
Culture,Cities,Globalization,Infrastructure,History,urbanization,civilization,population,Pace-layers
Spencer Beebe:
Very Long-term Very Large-scale Biomimicry
02005
Environment,Technology,Biomimicry,Economics,Rain forest,Selective logging,Social Issues,Sustainability
Roger Kennedy:
The Political History of North America from 25,000 BC to 12,000 AD
02005
Environment,History,Native Americans,Ecosystem Management,Smithsonian,National Park Service
James Carse:
Religious War In Light of the Infinite Game
02005
Culture,Terrorism,Religion,Game theory,infinite games,Social Issues
Ken Dychtwald:
The Consequences of Human Life Extension
02004
Science,Technology,ageing,life extension
Michael West:
The Prospects of Human Life Extension
02004
Technology,Science,Genetics,Life extension,germline,telomerase
Paul Hawken:
The Long Green
02004
Environment,Science,Natural Sciences,sustainability
Danny Hillis:
Progress on the 10,000-year Clock
02004
Technology,Art,Engineering,Clock,Nevada,Mt. Washington,Future,Entrepreneurship,History,Personal Technology
Phillip Longman:
The Depopulation Problem
02004
Future,Culture,population,fertility rates
Jill Tarter:
The Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence: Necessarily a Long-term Strategy
02004
Space,Science,astronomy,NASA,Technology,METI,SETI,intelligence,extraterrestial,Allen Telescope Array
Bruce Sterling:
The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole
02004
Future,Technology,Singularity,computing,Vernor Vinge
David Rumsey:
Mapping Time
02004
Culture,History,Art History,Art,maps,exploration,mapping
Daniel Janzen:
Third World Conservation: It's ALL Gardening
02004
Environment,conservation,World Heritage site,UNESCO,sustainability
Rusty Schweickart:
The Asteroid Threat Over the Next 100,000 Years
02004
Science,Technology,Space,asteroids,B612,comets,extinction,orbit,impact,meteor,NASA
James Dewar:
Long-term Policy Analysis
02004
Culture,Future,Government,Globalization,RAND,policy,scenario planning
George Dyson:
There's Plenty of Room at the Top: Long-term Thinking About Large-scale Computing
02004
Science,History,Computing,Entrepreneurship,Computers,von Neumann,bits,engineering,Eniac,artificial life,evolutiuon
Peter Schwartz:
The Art Of The Really Long View
02003
History,Psychology,Future,Culture
Brian Eno:
The Long Now
02003
Culture,Art,History,Psychology,Big Here
Condensed ideas about long-term thinking summarized by Stewart Brand
(with Kevin Kelly, Alexander Rose and Paul Saffo) and a foreword by Brian Eno.
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We would also like to recognize George Cowan (01920 - 02012) for being the first to sponsor this series.
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