What is ‘Long-Term Thinking’? Long Now Foundation Explores Frameworks for Civilization’s Future
What does it mean to adopt a ‘long-term view’? The Long Now Foundation’s “Ideas” section delves into this concept, presenting stories and ideas rooted in the deep past and distant future to provide the civilization-scale context needed for sustained thinking.
Recent contributions highlight diverse topics, including Stewart Brand’s “The Essential Art of Civilization” on infrastructure, Josh Berson’s “On Meaning,” and Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler’s “Anatomy of an AI System.” A key framework introduced is the “Pace Layers,” offered as a tool to understand how and why civilizations work, drawing attention to the intricate dynamics of societal progress.
Concerns about a “Digital Dark Age” are also addressed, with Rick Prelinger’s “No Film Left Unscanned” and Julié Momméja’s “Time, Bits, and Nickel” exploring the challenges of digital preservation. These discussions underscore our responsibility to future generations and the importance of recognizing the entirety of ‘here’—the whole Earth.
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