Long Now Foundation

Challenges that feel impossible to tackle within a single human lifetime become conceivable when you have a longer timescale to work with. Today is a day to take the long view. Join our community of long-term thinking, 02026 is going to be a good one. na2.hubs.ly/H02frJ50

“Twitter gives you one point of view. History will give you a completely different one.” The faster the news cycle spins, the more we catastrophize, says Stefan Sagmeister. Meanwhile, the things that improve tend to do so slowly and quietly—like voting rights and poverty rates. Watch Sagmeister's full Long Now Talk here: na2.hubs.ly/H04sgPQ0

This piece of music is playing continuously without repetition until the year 03000. In 02000, composer @jemfiner began @longplayer, a 1,000-year composition generated by an algorithm and performed on a set of singing bowls. The piece is evolving slowly over a millennium-long performance. You can hear the piece in person at a listening post in London at Trinity Buoy Wharf (pictured here) or tune in via the livestream. Longplayer was created in dialogue with The Long Now Foundation, and serves as a musical experience, an epic artwork, and an experiment in deep time and long-term thinking. More here: na2.hubs.ly/H04qfJs0 na2.hubs.ly/H04qfxj0

He helped organize Electric Kool-Aid Acid Tests, create the Whole Earth Catalog, inspire the first Earth Day, make the personal computer a reality, build the first large online community, start the Long Now Foundation, and revive nuclear energy. @stewartbrand tells me why maintenance of systems is the most important task in front of us. Via @reason youtu.be/HgW5kIDFqug?si…

We’re thrilled to welcome Belle Vance to the team as The Interval’s new rental events manager. In typical Long Now fashion, Belle has a fascinating and diverse background: she’s a classically trained harpist who has circumnavigated the globe, and spent two decades immersed in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Belle is your new point of contact for creating a one-of-a-kind event at The Interval, San Francisco’s most curious cocktail bar, museum, and library; home to the Long Now Foundation. Reach out for more info about booking The Interval here: na2.hubs.ly/H04nMHZ0

Isabella Kirkland paints life at the edge of disappearance. Each species rendered with precision, gathered into dense ecosystems that feel both abundant and fragile. A record of what exists before it changes again. More: explorers.com/isabella-kirkl… @longnow

Opening this Friday 3/20 in San Francisco, 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 explores alternative ways of timekeeping: solar paths, CPU clocks, circadian rhythms, lunar cycles, and more. This is curated by and hosted at The Intersection of Art and Technology (@tiatplace), which has been doing incredible work showcasing emerging artists and points of view. Tickets and more info here: na2.hubs.ly/H04lRny0

The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has just released its Curious 100 for 02026, a list celebrating innovators, creators, and problem-solvers across the U.S. who use curiosity to tackle complex challenges. Love seeing Long Now Council members and speaker alumni among the honorees, and excited to follow the work of all 100 of these changemakers: na2.hubs.ly/H04lFxP0

[TUNE IN] Tomorrow (Wed, 3/18) Melody Jue explores how ocean memories can teach us to better steward the planet. Livestream the talk here: na2.hubs.ly/H046n7y0

The ocean accounts for 97% of the biosphere where life exists. Thank you Tierrney Thys sharing this with us — and so much more in your lifetime.

Attend Melody Jue's Ocean Memory talk via livestream or in-person, details here: longnow.org/talks/02026-ju…

Tierney Thys, marine biologist, science educator, and National Geographic explorer died last week. Her Long Now talk from 02014 with Sylvia Earl taught us about the importance of protecting the intelligences of the ocean. This is such a tragic loss, and a moment to recommit ourselves to marine sciences and planetary oceanic stewardship. This Wednesday (3/18) we’ll hear from scholar Melody Jue about Ocean Memory. We hope you’ll join us in continuing the conversation Thys helped inspire. In her talk, Thys concluded, “Life came from the ocean. And the life in it continues to nurture life everywhere. We owe the ocean some nurture back.” Watch the inspiring conversation here: na2.hubs.ly/H04k9550

In his Long Now Talk, "Finally, something good," acclaimed designer Stefan Sagmeister urges us to zoom out. Playful and poignant, the talk transforms long-term data into a new way of seeing human progress. Watch the full episode: na2.hubs.ly/H04fZHB0 Listen to the podcast: na2.hubs.ly/H04g5yH0

If you needed a reminder to slow down and breathe today, here it is. A timeline cleanse, courtesy of this lovely poem “Nature Does Not Ask Me” by our very own @denisehearn_ The poem calls you to show up, fully inhabited, no more and no less. Read it here: na2.hubs.ly/H04dB_N0

Legally speaking, corporations are considered people, but what about…rice? A groundbreaking lawsuit asks whether wild rice can hold legal rights under tribal law. Fascinating read on the growing rights of nature movement: na2.hubs.ly/H046pv90

What’s the difference between your “marshmallow brain” and your “acorn brain”? @lisakaysolomon asks @romankrznaric to explain on the “How We Future” podcast here -> na2.hubs.ly/H046pzP0 Love seeing two Long Now Talks alumni in conversation.

SF Bay Area folks, join me on Apr 7 for a @longnow Talk about insights from my new book Incorruptible.

James Turrell’s 𝘈𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸—𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢 𝘚𝘬𝘺𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 opens in Denmark in June, 02026. 50+ feet high and 130+ feet wide, this will be Turrell’s largest Skyspace museum installation. Visitors arrive through an underground tunnel then step into other-worldly light of the enormous dome. More about the installation from ARoS Aarhus here: na2.hubs.ly/H03Q0kJ0 Learn more about Long Now’s history with light and land art here: na2.hubs.ly/H03Q1cM0

How does a changing ecological landscape shift our perspective on our role as humans? Join Krista Tippett, host of "On Being," in conversation with Long Now alum Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg. Together, they will explore the influences, ideas, and questions emerging from their exhibit "Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology.” The event also features Long Now's Executive Director Rebecca Lendl as a guest speaker. When: Thursday, March 26, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Where: di Rosa SF, 1150 25th Street, San Francisco, CA Tickets and more info here: na2.hubs.ly/H044rNB0