The Council
The Council is the advisory body of The Long Now Foundation, bringing together distinguished public leaders with Long Now emeritus board members and alumni to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
Bayo Akomolafe
Postactivist philosopher & storyteller
K Allado-McDowell
Artist, musician, & AI literature pioneer
Ahmed Best
Multidisciplinary artist, educator, & futurist
Benjamin Bratton
Planetary-scale computation philosopher & professor
Tom Coutts
Institutional investment leader & long term capital provider
Esther Dyson
Investor, journalist, & philanthropist
Ping Fu
Entrepreneur, author, & 3D technology innovator
Katherine Fulton
Social change strategist & civic leader
Nils Gilman
Historian, author, & geopolitical futurist
Indy Johar
Systems architect & social innovator
Allison Johnson
Brand strategist & design leader
Roman Krznaric
Philosopher of time, author, & Empathy Museum creator
Jane Metcalfe
Entrepreneur, biofutures expert, & Wired co-founder
Aya Miyaguchi
Steward of creative ecosystems, societal innovator, & educator
Chad Oppenheim
Architect & environmental design pioneer
Katie Paterson
Deep-time artist & ecological storyteller
Ryan Phelan
Serial entrepreneur, conservationist, & genetic rescue pioneer
Kate Raworth
Renegade economist, author, & Doughnut Economics pioneer
Eric Ries
Long Term Stock Exchange founder, author, & Lean Startup methodology creator
Kim Stanley Robinson
Science fiction writer & environmental advocate
Ivy Ross
Design executive, creative catalyst, & artist
Paul Saffo
Technology forecaster, educator, & futurist
Stefan Sagmeister
Designer
Sara Imari Walker
Theoretical physicist, astrobiologist, & author
Keith Yamashita
Systems designer, artist, & possibilitarian
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