Uncertainty isn’t a reason to wait. It's the reason to build the foundations every future needs.

Commissioned by the UBS Art Collection, this film was shot in Katie Paterson’s studio in Scotland and explores the role of imagination at the heart of her practice. Katie reflects on how artworks ofte...

As we enter a new era of technology, AI must be permitted to develop without premature regulation

Everything, everywhere, all at once.

"Incorruptible by Eric Ries is the best and most important business book of the year." —Dan Heath, NYT Bestselling Author & Podcast Host of "Wh...

This Long Now Lab invites you to submit a concept for a new way of marking, experiencing, or making sense of time. This Lab is open to everyone, from precocious kindergarteners to prestigious watchmak...

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...

The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications.

The Protocol Institute collaborates with the Long Now Foundation on three participatory, cross-disciplinary labs – applications are due June 5!

YouTube video by The Long Now Foundation

MIT researchers discovered that the sound of falling droplets can shake rice seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate more quickly than seeds that are not exposed to the same sound ...

WILD BALD EAGLES EAGLE CAM #1 Sideview of the Nest Overlooking Dewey’s Pond Eagle Cam #2 Overhead view RECENT ACTIVITY Windsor and Dewey were first spotted together on the nest…

My strong disagreement with the sentiment on Wall Street.

China is building a new green bloc, while the United States is doubling down on oil.

Constitutions fail because they’re too rigid or too fragile. An insect solved this problem 320 million years ago.

Interintellect and the Foundation for Economic Education invite you to an evening of conversation at the intersection of AI, human agency, and the future of a free society.As AI reshapes how we think,...

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

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From Eric Ries, creator of The Lean Startup, comes a bold and urgently needed rethink of how organizations are built—and why success itself so ofte...

YouTube video by The Long Now Foundation

Off the coast of Japan, biologists netted a pea-size jellyfish with an unusual circadian clock — a chance finding that suggests there are likely more overlooked biological timekeeping mechanisms to be...

The Long Now Foundation fosters long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.

The Long Now Foundation fosters long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.

Join the movement for a hopeful vision and a plan to get there together.

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