Announcements Announcing Pace Layers The inaugural issue of Long Now’s new annual print journal synthesizes the most important learnings of our first quarter-century. By The Long Now Foundation Economics How Our Economic Stories Shape the World By Denise Hearn Science Fiction The Weather Out There By Andrew Dana Hudson Science Fiction Space is Dead. Why Do We Keep Writing About It? By Andrew Dana Hudson Culture Saints Without a Cause By John Last Essays Elements of a Durable Civilization Civilizations come and go. Civilization continues. By Stewart Brand Infrastructure Pascal's Other Wager By Taras Grescoe The Big Here A Stream Flowing From The Sea By Allegra Rosenberg Manual For Civilization Dragons on the Moon Robin Sloan in conversation with Jacob Kuppermann The Interval Celebrating The Interval’s Decennial By Jacob Kuppermann Nevada Bristlecone Preserve Enlarging the Question A wide-ranging discussion with the conceptual artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats on his life, his philosophy, and a handful of his many projects, including Centuries of the Bristlecone, a forthcoming collaboration with Long Now and the Nevada Museum of Art. Jonathon Keats in conversation with William L. Fox Poetry Two Landscapes By Eleonor Botoman The Big Here Seeing the Trees for the Forest By Gus Mitchell The Big Here Becoming “Children of a Modest Star” By Jacob Kuppermann Art Gary Hustwit's Eno By Jacob Kuppermann Announcements Announcing Pace Layers The inaugural issue of Long Now’s new annual print journal synthesizes the most important learnings of our first quarter-century. By The Long Now Foundation Essays Elements of a Durable Civilization Civilizations come and go. Civilization continues. By Stewart Brand Nevada Bristlecone Preserve Enlarging the Question A wide-ranging discussion with the conceptual artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats on his life, his philosophy, and a handful of his many projects, including Centuries of the Bristlecone, a forthcoming collaboration with Long Now and the Nevada Museum of Art. Jonathon Keats in conversation with William L. Fox Economics How Our Economic Stories Shape the World An Excerpt from Denise Hearn’s 02024 Long Now Talk, “Embodied Economies.” By Denise Hearn 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 Culture Saints Without a Cause The Catholic Church has been undergoing a long, slow shift, playing out on the timescale of centuries: a shift to distance itself from the popular enthusiasms of its most devout parishioners. By John Last Infrastructure Pascal's Other Wager What if the long-term solution to today's traffic jams was invented more than three centuries ago? By Taras Grescoe The Big Here A Stream Flowing From The Sea Livestreams of underwater marine biology expeditions have become unlikely online hits, connecting scientists, superfans, and the sea. By Allegra Rosenberg Manual For Civilization Dragons on the Moon An interview with Robin Sloan on his new book Moonbound. Robin Sloan in conversation with Jacob Kuppermann The Interval Celebrating The Interval’s Decennial Long Now’s bar, cafe, and event space in San Francisco turns ten — and it’s getting even better with age. By Jacob Kuppermann Poetry Two Landscapes By Eleonor Botoman The Big Here Seeing the Trees for the Forest How to go from one world to one planet By Gus Mitchell The Big Here Becoming “Children of a Modest Star” Long Now talks with Jonathan Blake and Nils Gilman, authors of “Children of a Modest Star” about pandemics, climate change, and the planetary systems required to deal with them. By Jacob Kuppermann Art Gary Hustwit's Eno A new documentary on Long Now cofounder Brian Eno is different every time it is screened. By Jacob Kuppermann Explore over two decades of long-term thinking 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
Announcements Announcing Pace Layers The inaugural issue of Long Now’s new annual print journal synthesizes the most important learnings of our first quarter-century. By The Long Now Foundation
Essays Elements of a Durable Civilization Civilizations come and go. Civilization continues. By Stewart Brand
Nevada Bristlecone Preserve Enlarging the Question A wide-ranging discussion with the conceptual artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats on his life, his philosophy, and a handful of his many projects, including Centuries of the Bristlecone, a forthcoming collaboration with Long Now and the Nevada Museum of Art. Jonathon Keats in conversation with William L. Fox
Announcements Announcing Pace Layers The inaugural issue of Long Now’s new annual print journal synthesizes the most important learnings of our first quarter-century. By The Long Now Foundation
Essays Elements of a Durable Civilization Civilizations come and go. Civilization continues. By Stewart Brand
Nevada Bristlecone Preserve Enlarging the Question A wide-ranging discussion with the conceptual artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats on his life, his philosophy, and a handful of his many projects, including Centuries of the Bristlecone, a forthcoming collaboration with Long Now and the Nevada Museum of Art. Jonathon Keats in conversation with William L. Fox
Economics How Our Economic Stories Shape the World An Excerpt from Denise Hearn’s 02024 Long Now Talk, “Embodied Economies.” By Denise Hearn
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
Culture Saints Without a Cause The Catholic Church has been undergoing a long, slow shift, playing out on the timescale of centuries: a shift to distance itself from the popular enthusiasms of its most devout parishioners. By John Last
Infrastructure Pascal's Other Wager What if the long-term solution to today's traffic jams was invented more than three centuries ago? By Taras Grescoe
The Big Here A Stream Flowing From The Sea Livestreams of underwater marine biology expeditions have become unlikely online hits, connecting scientists, superfans, and the sea. By Allegra Rosenberg
Manual For Civilization Dragons on the Moon An interview with Robin Sloan on his new book Moonbound. Robin Sloan in conversation with Jacob Kuppermann
The Interval Celebrating The Interval’s Decennial Long Now’s bar, cafe, and event space in San Francisco turns ten — and it’s getting even better with age. By Jacob Kuppermann
The Big Here Becoming “Children of a Modest Star” Long Now talks with Jonathan Blake and Nils Gilman, authors of “Children of a Modest Star” about pandemics, climate change, and the planetary systems required to deal with them. By Jacob Kuppermann
Art Gary Hustwit's Eno A new documentary on Long Now cofounder Brian Eno is different every time it is screened. By Jacob Kuppermann