Long Now’s Long-Term Thinking: From Ancient Past to Distant Future for Civilizational Context

The Long Now Foundation’s “Ideas” section serves as a library of thought, connecting lessons from the ancient past and distant future to the long-term context of modern civilization. This platform explores diverse themes, such as “It’s Getting Better” in fashion and “The Essential Art of Civilization” highlighting the importance of infrastructure.

Furthermore, the “Pace Layers” framework offers a tool for understanding the structure and evolution of civilizations, while the concept of “the long now” emphasizes responsibility to the far future. Among the challenges of the digital age, the “Digital Dark Age” problem is highlighted, pointing out the ease of digital storage versus the difficulty of digital preservation, with Rick Prelinger’s “No Film Left Unscanned” providing a concrete example.

Additionally, discussions on a long-term view of space by Lynn Rothschild, the anatomy of AI systems by Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler, and a functional perspective on life, intelligence, and consciousness by Blaise Agüera y Arcas are featured, deepening insights into civilizational sustainability and the future.

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