Science Fiction Concepts Long-term Thinking The Big Here Digital Dark Age Organizational Continuity Futures Millennial Precedent Archives Long Shorts Long News Projects Announcements Long Now Talks The Clock of the Long Now The Rosetta Project The Interval Long Bets Revive & Restore PanLex Manual For Civilization Disciplines Art Business Cities Civilization Climate Change Computing Culture Economics Energy Environment Evolution Genetics Globalization Government History Infrastructure Language Psychology Science Science Fiction Space Technology Year 02022 02021 02020 02019 02018 02017 02016 02015 02014 02013 02012 02011 02010 02009 02008 02007 02006 02005 02004 OLDER Science Fiction The Weather Out There A work of speculative fiction about communication between humans and across the stars — and what happens when that communication breaks down. By Andrew Dana Hudson Science Fiction Space is Dead. Why Do We Keep Writing About It? Maybe our best bet of finding out what’s Out There in the universe is to extend our reach not into the vastness of space but into the equally vast expanse of time. By Andrew Dana Hudson Manual For Civilization Dragons on the Moon An interview with Robin Sloan on his new book Moonbound. Robin Sloan in conversation with Jacob Kuppermann Economics In "The Ministry for the Future," New Ideas From Ancient Wisdom When we are bound in a system of reciprocity, not return on investment, we will be closer to being the kind of ancestors future people need. By Forrest Brown Science The Three-Century Lifespan of the Modern Bee The preservation of individual bee specimens across the centuries allows us to embrace the temporal expanse of what came before us, and leave good records for those who follow. By A'liya Spinner Technology Digital Avatars and Our Refusal to Die Digital avatars — computer representations of real human beings — are moving increasingly from fiction into reality. Yet these technological advancements risk infringing on the rights of future generations, as well as upending how humans understand and experience death. By Rosalind Moran Long Now Talks Climate Fiction Storytellers The Climate Parables: Reporting from the Future Long Now Talks Becky Chambers & Annalee Newitz Resisting Dystopia Science Fiction Announcing the Pantone Color of the Year 02123 A speculative glimpse into the bioengineered future of fashion. By Xander Balwit Long Now Talks Ryan North How to Invent Everything
Science Fiction The Weather Out There A work of speculative fiction about communication between humans and across the stars — and what happens when that communication breaks down. By Andrew Dana Hudson
Science Fiction Space is Dead. Why Do We Keep Writing About It? Maybe our best bet of finding out what’s Out There in the universe is to extend our reach not into the vastness of space but into the equally vast expanse of time. By Andrew Dana Hudson
Manual For Civilization Dragons on the Moon An interview with Robin Sloan on his new book Moonbound. Robin Sloan in conversation with Jacob Kuppermann
Economics In "The Ministry for the Future," New Ideas From Ancient Wisdom When we are bound in a system of reciprocity, not return on investment, we will be closer to being the kind of ancestors future people need. By Forrest Brown
Science The Three-Century Lifespan of the Modern Bee The preservation of individual bee specimens across the centuries allows us to embrace the temporal expanse of what came before us, and leave good records for those who follow. By A'liya Spinner
Technology Digital Avatars and Our Refusal to Die Digital avatars — computer representations of real human beings — are moving increasingly from fiction into reality. Yet these technological advancements risk infringing on the rights of future generations, as well as upending how humans understand and experience death. By Rosalind Moran
Science Fiction Announcing the Pantone Color of the Year 02123 A speculative glimpse into the bioengineered future of fashion. By Xander Balwit