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Title

The Long Now Foundation

Description

The Long Now

The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 * to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking. We hope to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.

The Name

The term was coined by one of our founding board members, Brian Eno. When Brian first moved to New York City and found that in New York here and now meant this room and this five minutes, as opposed to the larger here and longer now that he wa s used to in England. We have since adopted the term as the title of our foundation as we are trying to stretch out what people consider as now.

Below is an essay by another founding board member Stewart Brand on the need for, and the mechanism by which, The Long Now Foundation is attempting to encourage long term thinking.

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Languages

English

Contact

The Long Now Foundation
San Francisco CA
US 94123
+1.4155616582

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