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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

May 04     Sean Carroll   “The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life”

May 18 Adam Rogers “Full Spectrum: The Science of Color and Modern Human Perception”   Jun 15 Suzanne Simard “Mother Trees and the Social Forest”   Jul 12 Eric Debrah Otchere “Sonic Spaces: A Psychology of Music and Work”   Aug 10 Kate Darling “The New Breed: What Our Animal History Reveals For Our Robotic Future”      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.