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The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 to foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. Read More...

Upcoming Seminars About Long-term Thinking

Jan 26     Jason Tester   “Queering the Future: How LGBTQ Foresight Can Benefit All”

Feb 09 Peter Leyden “The Transformation: A Future History of the World from 02020 to 02050”   Apr 21 Ainissa Ramirez “The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another”      View All Seminars

The 10,000 Year Clock

A monument scale, multi-millennial, all mechanical
clock as an icon to long term thinking.

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Building an Archive of ALL Documented
Human Languages. Browse the interactive disk online and contribute to the archive.

A public arena for enjoyably competitive predictions, of interest to society, with philanthropic money at stake.

Long Now's unique bar, cafe, museum, library, event space. Open in San Francisco 10 a.m. to midnight, 7-days a week.