The Long Now Foundation
@longnow.org
Since 01996: Long Now is a non-profit organization fostering long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.
AI reinforcement learning works by modeling the past, but it falls apart when things change in real time. What to do?
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
AI reinforcement learning works by modeling the past, but it falls apart when things change in real time. What to do?
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
An excerpt from @stewartbrand.bsky.social’s new book, Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, reminds us to pay heed to Pete Seeger’s wise words: “You should consider that the essential art of civilization is maintenance.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
An excerpt from @stewartbrand.bsky.social’s new book, Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, reminds us to pay heed to Pete Seeger’s wise words: “You should consider that the essential art of civilization is maintenance.”
Stunning visuals from photographer and adventurer @christophermichel.com, Long Now’s Artist-in-Residence, illuminate humanity’s relationship with time, capturing the fragility and resilience of civilization.
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Stunning visuals from photographer and adventurer @christophermichel.com, Long Now’s Artist-in-Residence, illuminate humanity’s relationship with time, capturing the fragility and resilience of civilization.
Artworks and essays from Jonathon Keats, Ian van Coller, and @aeheggli.bsky.social explore the intersection of art, science, and climate stewardship at 11,000 feet at Long Now’s Nevada Bristlecone Preserve.
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Artworks and essays from Jonathon Keats, Ian van Coller, and @aeheggli.bsky.social explore the intersection of art, science, and climate stewardship at 11,000 feet at Long Now’s Nevada Bristlecone Preserve.
- Long Now Talks by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & @dkthomp.bsky.social, @romankrznaric.bsky.social & @kateraworth.bsky.social, and Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson chart new roadmaps to economic and geopolitical consensus.
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
- Long Now Talks by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & @dkthomp.bsky.social, @romankrznaric.bsky.social & @kateraworth.bsky.social, and Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson chart new roadmaps to economic and geopolitical consensus.
This year's issue includes:
- Essays from @blaiseaguera.bsky.social, @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social, Benjamin Bratton, and @saraimari.bsky.social consider how to define and differentiate intelligence, computation, and identity in the face of synthetic minds.
- Essays from @blaiseaguera.bsky.social, @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social, Benjamin Bratton, and @saraimari.bsky.social consider how to define and differentiate intelligence, computation, and identity in the face of synthetic minds.
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This year's issue includes:
- Essays from @blaiseaguera.bsky.social, @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social, Benjamin Bratton, and @saraimari.bsky.social consider how to define and differentiate intelligence, computation, and identity in the face of synthetic minds.
- Essays from @blaiseaguera.bsky.social, @kalladomcdowell.bsky.social, Benjamin Bratton, and @saraimari.bsky.social consider how to define and differentiate intelligence, computation, and identity in the face of synthetic minds.
Pace Layers takes its name and shape from Long Now cofounder Stewart Brand’s pace layers framework — a tool for thinking about how civilizations work.
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Pace Layers takes its name and shape from Long Now cofounder Stewart Brand’s pace layers framework — a tool for thinking about how civilizations work.
Times of fragmentation call for a legible sense of order.
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Times of fragmentation call for a legible sense of order.
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
We’re pleased to introduce the 02025 issue of Pace Layers, Long Now’s annual print journal of long-term thinking. It explores the ancient past and distant future of the present moment.
A preview of what's inside ->
This cover is spectacular, such beautiful work from the @stripepress.bsky.social team. Look at the detail.
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This cover is spectacular, such beautiful work from the @stripepress.bsky.social team. Look at the detail.
Today, we're also thrilled to add three new members to our Board of Directors. Welcome Mick, Joe, and Lisa, we are honored to have you at the helm with us.
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Today, we're also thrilled to add three new members to our Board of Directors. Welcome Mick, Joe, and Lisa, we are honored to have you at the helm with us.
Today, we are thrilled to launch The Council at Long Now.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today, we are thrilled to launch The Council at Long Now.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
The Council is the new advisory body bringing together distinguished leaders across a diverse range of fields to serve as ambassadors for long-term thinking and responsibility.
When everything feels like it’s falling apart, long-term thinking feels like a luxury. But crisis narrows our attention, leaving little room for reflection or collective action.
Long-term thinking reconnects us with what matters most—it is a shared practice.
Long-term thinking reconnects us with what matters most—it is a shared practice.
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
When everything feels like it’s falling apart, long-term thinking feels like a luxury. But crisis narrows our attention, leaving little room for reflection or collective action.
Long-term thinking reconnects us with what matters most—it is a shared practice.
Long-term thinking reconnects us with what matters most—it is a shared practice.
How the brain’s ability to model creates explosions in intelligence, from @blaiseaguera.bsky.social's Long Now Talk.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
How the brain’s ability to model creates explosions in intelligence, from @blaiseaguera.bsky.social's Long Now Talk.
Or, listen to the podcast on any platform here: pod.link/186908455/ep...
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Or, listen to the podcast on any platform here: pod.link/186908455/ep...
Did you know the lifetime of Whole Earth Catalog, starting in 01968, has been archived, preserved, and indexed? Thanks to @archive.org and Grey Area you can read nearly every issue at wholeearth.info
October 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Did you know the lifetime of Whole Earth Catalog, starting in 01968, has been archived, preserved, and indexed? Thanks to @archive.org and Grey Area you can read nearly every issue at wholeearth.info
A Long Now Talk to help situate our present technological moment within civilization’s long arc of governance, empire, and expansion, with AI scholar @katecrawford.bsky.social.
Nov 12, 02025, 7pm
More event info + tickets: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
Nov 12, 02025, 7pm
More event info + tickets: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A Long Now Talk to help situate our present technological moment within civilization’s long arc of governance, empire, and expansion, with AI scholar @katecrawford.bsky.social.
Nov 12, 02025, 7pm
More event info + tickets: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
Nov 12, 02025, 7pm
More event info + tickets: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
Podcast version is live here: pod.link/186908455/ep...
October 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Podcast version is live here: pod.link/186908455/ep...
“You only exist here. And you exist here because four billion years was necessary to construct you on this planet.”
- @saraimari.bsky.social
- @saraimari.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“You only exist here. And you exist here because four billion years was necessary to construct you on this planet.”
- @saraimari.bsky.social
- @saraimari.bsky.social
NASA researcher Dr. Lynn Rothschild has
-built synthetic cells
-3D-printed trees
-designed fungal-based housing for the moon
You don't want to miss her upcoming talk exploring bleeding-edge synthetic and evolutionary biology, and how it can save us: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
-built synthetic cells
-3D-printed trees
-designed fungal-based housing for the moon
You don't want to miss her upcoming talk exploring bleeding-edge synthetic and evolutionary biology, and how it can save us: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
October 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
NASA researcher Dr. Lynn Rothschild has
-built synthetic cells
-3D-printed trees
-designed fungal-based housing for the moon
You don't want to miss her upcoming talk exploring bleeding-edge synthetic and evolutionary biology, and how it can save us: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
-built synthetic cells
-3D-printed trees
-designed fungal-based housing for the moon
You don't want to miss her upcoming talk exploring bleeding-edge synthetic and evolutionary biology, and how it can save us: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
We are thrilled to welcome @denisehearn.bsky.social as our new Director of Strategic Initiatives. She is an accomplished speaker (listen to her 02024 Long Now Talk, “Embodied Economies” t.co/MqaDE8GQjN), as well as an author, advisor, and Berggruen Institute fellow.
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We are thrilled to welcome @denisehearn.bsky.social as our new Director of Strategic Initiatives. She is an accomplished speaker (listen to her 02024 Long Now Talk, “Embodied Economies” t.co/MqaDE8GQjN), as well as an author, advisor, and Berggruen Institute fellow.
We're honored to announce that The Interval at Long Now has been named the Best Cocktail Bar in San Francisco by San Francisco Magazine.
Thank you to all of the dedicated bartenders & staff who have made The Interval into a one-of-a-kind gathering place, as well as all of our patrons.
Thank you to all of the dedicated bartenders & staff who have made The Interval into a one-of-a-kind gathering place, as well as all of our patrons.
July 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We're honored to announce that The Interval at Long Now has been named the Best Cocktail Bar in San Francisco by San Francisco Magazine.
Thank you to all of the dedicated bartenders & staff who have made The Interval into a one-of-a-kind gathering place, as well as all of our patrons.
Thank you to all of the dedicated bartenders & staff who have made The Interval into a one-of-a-kind gathering place, as well as all of our patrons.
Long Now is hiring! Come join our team and work with us to foster imagination at the timescale of civilization.
We're looking for a full-time Communications Manager, contract IT Support, and (starting in September) a Bartender at The Interval at Long Now.
Learn more: longnow.org/careers
We're looking for a full-time Communications Manager, contract IT Support, and (starting in September) a Bartender at The Interval at Long Now.
Learn more: longnow.org/careers
July 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Long Now is hiring! Come join our team and work with us to foster imagination at the timescale of civilization.
We're looking for a full-time Communications Manager, contract IT Support, and (starting in September) a Bartender at The Interval at Long Now.
Learn more: longnow.org/careers
We're looking for a full-time Communications Manager, contract IT Support, and (starting in September) a Bartender at The Interval at Long Now.
Learn more: longnow.org/careers
Long Now is seeking experienced IT support to meet both our ongoing operational needs and a range of upcoming project-based work. We are currently envisioning this as a contract role with opportunities for growth over time.
Learn more & Apply at: longnow.org/careers
Learn more & Apply at: longnow.org/careers
June 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Long Now is seeking experienced IT support to meet both our ongoing operational needs and a range of upcoming project-based work. We are currently envisioning this as a contract role with opportunities for growth over time.
Learn more & Apply at: longnow.org/careers
Learn more & Apply at: longnow.org/careers
The Long Now Foundation is hiring a Communications Manager to help provide more people with deeper and more meaningful access to long-term thinking and civilizational-scale ideas.
Interested? Apply at longnow.org/careers
Interested? Apply at longnow.org/careers
June 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Long Now Foundation is hiring a Communications Manager to help provide more people with deeper and more meaningful access to long-term thinking and civilizational-scale ideas.
Interested? Apply at longnow.org/careers
Interested? Apply at longnow.org/careers