The Long Now Foundation
Launched by Stewart Brand in 02003, Long Now Talks has invited more than 400 leading thinkers to share their civilization-scale ideas with a live audience and millions around the globe tuning in to our podcast and videos. Long Now Talks are brought to you by The Long Now Foundation, which has spent the last 25 years igniting cultural imagination around long-term thinking.
By inspiring thought and conversation about how we've been shaped by the last 10,000 years and what might be in store for us over the next 10,000 years, Long Now Talks seek to expand our collective sense of the present moment. Long Now Talks cover futurism and speculative fiction; time, nature, and contemplative practices; the intersection of the humanities and sciences; the evolution of counterculture to cyberculture; cultural imagination, land art and public monuments; and, of course, long-term thinking and being a good ancestor.
Outcomes & Processes — Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson | Long Now Talks
Rural Broadband — Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson | Long Now Talks
Speed as a Progressive Value — Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson | Long Now Talks
Accountability & Democracy — Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson | Long Now Talks
Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson | Abundance | Long Now Talks
The Atlantic Charter — Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson | Long Now Talks
The Berlin Wall — Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson | Long Now Talks
Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson | A Logic For The Future | Long Now Talks
Immersive Media — K Allado-McDowell | Long Now Talks
Neural Networks & Creativity — K Allado-McDowell | Long Now Talks
K Allado-McDowell | On Neural Media | Long Now Talks
The Bridge -- Ahmed Best | Long Now Talks
A 02050 For All of Us -- Ahmed Best | Long Now Talks
Ahmed Best | Feel The Future | Long Now Talks
Blue Marble, Black Hole — Benjamin Bratton | Long Now Talks
Copernican Traumas — Benjamin Bratton | Long Now Talks
Benjamin Bratton | A Philosophy of Planetary Computation | Long Now Talks
LOST LANDSCAPES 02024 - Streets, People and Play: The Drama of Daily Life | Rick Prelinger
Historical Rabbit Holes | Neal Stephenson
What Doughnut Economics Can Learn From History | Roman Krznaric & Kate Raworth
Polostan | Neal Stephenson
Unlocking Innovation Together: The Power of Public-Private Partnerships | Elle Miller
Expanding Life & Consciousness in the Universe | Ben Haldeman
The Age of Programming Life | Andrew Hessel
Cultivate the Millennium! | Dustin Bajer
Social Simulations of Unthinkable Futures | Jane McGonigal
Long Now Celebrates The Interval Decennial with New Long-Term Thinking Exhibition
The Longing for Belonging | Mark Bonchek
A Protopian Frontier | Jenny Johnston
A Solar Metric Clock | Mike Olson