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Elements of a Durable Civilization

by Stewart Brand

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The Commodification of Air

by Leo Kim

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The Truth About Antarctica

by Allegra Rosenberg

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An Informational Theory of Life

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Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation

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Kate Darling

The New Breed

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State, Society and Vaccines

Wade Davis

Activist Anthropology

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Mother Trees and the Social Forest

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The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life

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Second Nature: Green Rabbits, Passenger Pigeons, Cloned Ferrets, and the Birth of a New Ecology

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The Transformation: A Future History of the World from 02020 to 02050

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Queering the Future: How LGBTQ Foresight Can Benefit All

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The Future of Breathing

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Genevieve Bell

The 4th Industrial Revolution: Responsible & Secure AI

Rick Doblin

Transformational Psychedelics

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Interspecies Communication and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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The Neobiological Revolution

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Why the Physics Underlying Life is Fundamental and Computation is Not

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Is God a Mushroom?

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Enlarging the Question

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A Stream Flowing From The Sea

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Becoming “Children of a Modest Star”

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Stumbling Towards First Light

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On Exactitude in Climate Science

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How to Dance for Millions of Years

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Controlling Nature Might Be in Our Nature

by Andrew Tighe

The Three-Century Lifespan of the Modern Bee

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The Future Of Invasive Species Mitigation

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Reimagining the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

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The Shocking Medical History of Electric Fish

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A Fusion Breakthrough & A Lesson On The Pace of Progress

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Peering Into The Invisible Present

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Conceiving the Future of Reproductive Technology

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The Greenhouse Effect, Martian-style

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Cataloging the Many Lives of Stewart Brand

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Revive & Restore announces New Program in Biotechnology for Bird Conservation

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The Historical Land Practices Behind California's Fires

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Long Now Member Ignite Talks 02020

by Casey Cripe

Explorers Discover Pinnacle of Coral Taller Than Empire State Building in Great Barrier Reef

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How "Forest Floors" in Finland's Daycares Changed Children's Immune Systems

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An Epidemic of False Confidence Related to COVID-19

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