On Books: On Long Term Thinking
This week we discuss The Long Now and long term thinking
On Books: On Long Term Thinking launched on May 3, 2016 with 62 votes, #1,088 of 3,824 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
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These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the 20th century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. Letters to a Young Poet is a classic that should be read by everyone who dreams of expressing themselves creatively. This luminous trans
“All of the sudden everything in the world made sense to me – Phil Libin (CEO of Evernote) on his experience reading Chapter 7 of The Clock of the Long Now. Civilization is revving itself into a pathologically short attention span. [2] When I was a child, people used to talk about what would happen by the year 2000. Now, thirty years later they still talk about what will happen by the year 2000. The future has been shrinking by one year per year for my entire life. [3] Who is “we” [The Long Now Foundation]? The Long Now Foundation was established in 1996 to foster long-term responsibility. The founding board is Daniel Hillis (co-chair), Stewart Brand (co-chair), Kevin Kelly,…from castig.org
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