Long Now Members
Geeky, fanciful, poignant, educational, with fresh angles on long-term thinking - Long Now Members shine in our annual Ignite Talks!
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For almost two decades, Long Now has produced hundreds of talks from the world’s leading long-term thinkers—and it’s all possible because of the support of our members and donors. Now, we are showcasing a curated set of short Ignite Talks created and given by the Long Now Members themselves.
With thousands of members from all around the world, the Long Now community has a wide range of perspectives, stories, and experiences to offer. What's an Ignite talk? It's a story format created by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis that's exactly 5 minutes long, told by a speaker who's working with 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds (ready or not).
These Ignite talks will range from geeky, fanciful, poignant, educational, with some fresh angles on long-term thinking - join us online for a fun and fast-paced event full of surprising and thoughtful ideas!
Our Ignite Speakers and Their Talks:
Monica L. Smith: Nature Always Wins
George Ferrandi: Introducing: Jump!Star
Matthew Dockrey: Scientific revolutions are kind of messy
Thais Nye Derich: Ectogenesis
Sandy Litchfield: On Distant Keys
Jose Julio Zerpa Rodriguez: West Mexico Volcanoes
Adam Long: How Marketers Ruined The World For The Long Term
Linda Gass: The Living Shoreline: Growing Community & Planting for the Future
Jason Crawford: Can economic growth continue over the long term?
Recent Long Now Talks
Long Now Talks are made possible through the generous support of our lead sponsor Anthropic,the Long Now Board of Directors, key supporters Ken & Maddy Dychtwald, Garrett Gruener & Amy Slater, The Jackson Square Partners Foundation,Greg Stikeleather, and Lawrence Wilkinson, and our members and supporters worldwide.
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