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 Science Fiction Space is Dead. Why Do We Keep Writing About It? By Andrew Dana Hudson 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 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 The Interval Celebrating The Interval’s Decennial By Jacob Kuppermann 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 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 Art Gary Hustwit's Eno By Jacob Kuppermann Infrastructure Stumbling Towards First Light By Paul Constance The Rosetta Project A Lunar Library By Jacob Kuppermann Climate Change On Exactitude in Climate Science By Kyle Barnes 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 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 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 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 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 Infrastructure Stumbling Towards First Light Why has Chile, a country riven by inequality and political conflict, become a global sanctuary for the long science that drives astronomical discovery? 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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Infrastructure Stumbling Towards First Light Why has Chile, a country riven by inequality and political conflict, become a global sanctuary for the long science that drives astronomical discovery? By Paul Constance
The Rosetta Project A Lunar Library As part of Odysseus’ moonfall, Long Now’s work, and the linguistic heritage of all of humanity, will be preserved on the lunar surface. By Jacob Kuppermann
Climate Change On Exactitude in Climate Science Climate models could become infrastructure for our collective knowledge – but the choices we make in building these simulated worlds matter. By Kyle Barnes