In April, David Hibbett walked us through 1.5 billion years of fungal evolution. Now the book is out. He's at Brookline Booksmith Aug 26 with Maria Pinto. #mycology #boston https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-hibbett-with-maria-pinto-the-complete-fungi-tickets-1993715576960

A 3-part workshop with Bayo Akomolafe, a postactivist philosopher-poet, begins this Thu 5/21. Experience alternative tempos to help reorient our thinking, behavior, and decision-making for the long term. Hosted by @denisehearn.bsky.social in partnership with @interintellect.bsky.social. Join us!

The Untimely with Bayo Akomolafe

The Long Now Foundation and Interintellect invite you to an interactive workshop series with Bayo Akomolafe, a postactivist philosopher, poet, and storyteller, exploring the questions, “What if time m...

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Boston Seaport: built despite #climate warnings, now one of the world's most imperiled neighborhoods. Join us for _Inundation District_ screening w/ director @davabel.bsky.social . Sun Nov 23, 1:30pm at Cambridge Foundry. Free tix: lnb-inundation-district.eventbrite.com. Be part of the conversation!

Come join Long Now Boston and Porter Square Books for a fascinating evening discussing coevolution, paleontology and more! www.longnowboston.org/events/when-...

When the Earth Was Green: an evening with Riley Black | Long Now Boston

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This winter season, give the gift of long term thinking. Memberships open now. Learn more at: www.longnowboston.org/join-giving-...

Come to our Long Now Boston pub night, tomorrow! Friday Dec 20, 02024 @7:30pm, at Paddy's Lunch in North Cambridge. Meet interesting Long Now thinkers, have a drink and talk about the Big Questions! Like & repost if you're interested.

Thanks to the Boston Globe for publishing our recent letter on #climatechange #geoengineering research. "Research is worth pursuing, but these are not easy fixes." #longnowboston www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/25/o...

We can’t geoengineer our climate woes away - The Boston Globe

"We can — and must — fight for solutions that are equitable, effective, and safe. Geoengineering is not that solution," writes one observer. Another: "We must study these technologies, but we must not...

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Thanks to Bob Sprague of YourArlington for reposting our #LongNowBoston letter on #geoengineering, "Research is worth pursuing, but these are not easy fixes:" www.yourarlington.com/component/ea...

Keep a balanced view of geoengineering

Under the headline “Research is worth pursuing, but these are not easy fixes,” a letter about geoengineering from Jon Kiparsky of Belmont and Gary Oberbrunner of Arlington, members of Long Now Boston,...

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"Continuity is made partly of exploration, but most of the work is maintenance. That’s the strongest argument for protecting Nature, because Nature is the most enormous and consequential self-maintaining thing we know." - Stewart Brand, on elements of durable civilization:

Elements of a Durable Civilization

Civilizations come and go. Civilization continues.

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Give the gift of long-term thinking this Giving Tuesday—whether for yourself or someone you care about. Click below to join or renew today and help our community make decisions now that echo for generations to come. www.longnowboston.org/join-giving-...

For fossil and history enthusiasts, you'll love this new book from Caroline Winterer, eminent Stanford historian. A compelling story, of fossils and culture intertwined, exploring America's long and complicated relationship with the idea of deep time!

Great intro to Long Now and deep time thinking!

The Long Now Foundation@longnow.org · 2y ago

Hello! We're The Long Now Foundation. When we were founded in 01996 it was in response to a great sense of acceleration — what our founders saw as a shortening attention span and shrinking time horizon. We saw the need for a counterbalance.

Join us tomorrow at Noon Pacific Time for the virtual premiere of our next Long Now Talk: a conversation with @romankrznaric.bsky.social & @kateraworth.bsky.social about What Doughnut Economics Can Learn From History Watch the premiere with Roman and Kate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugUB...

What Doughnut Economics Can Learn From History | Roman Krznaric & Kate Raworth

YouTube video by Long Now Foundation

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Not sure if I've tweeted before but here is the @longnow video of the fabulous Judy Wajcman talking about time poverty amidst digital abundance. @Interval:...

The Whole Earth Catalog and its descendants are newly available online through the Whole Earth Index: "The Lasting Whole Earth Catalog" @Jacobkupp @longnow @stewartbrand.bsky.social @kevinkelly.bsky.social @archive.org (Plus- Jon Postel) Treasure tools: roughlydaily.com/2023/10/17/w...

The Long Now Foundation have started the Rosetta Project, to preserve knowledge etched onto nickel disks rosettaproject.org?ref=longnow....

📄 Shining a Light on the Digital Dark Age by @AdrienneEve at @longnow Without maintenance, most digital information will be lost in just a few decades. How might we secure our data so that it survives for generations? #DigitalAge #DataLost longnow.org/ideas/shinin...

Danny Hillis giving an update on the 10,000 year clock at #longnowboston summer picnic. Great time and so many thought-provoking, inspiring conversations!