Summaries of Long Now Seminars Videos 📚

What Lessons Can We Learn from Life's Journey Through Time?

Why Are Foxes Better Forecasters Than Hedgehogs?

How Does Open Source Software Get Maintained?

What Is Solar Geoengineering and Can It Help Climate Change?

Alicia Eggert | This Moment Used To Be The Future

How Do Genetic Engineering and Organic Farming Coexist?

The Nine Planetary Boundaries: Finessing the Anthropocene | Mark Lynas

What Is Deep Optimism and How Does It Impact Humanity?

What Is 'Anathem' About and Why Is It Significant?

What Is the Future of Digital and Physical Integration?

What Is Timefulness and How Can It Impact Our Future?

Inventions delayed for thousands of years | Ryan North

What Historical Footage Exists of San Francisco's Past?

How to Build Incorruptible Institutions

How to Engage People in Thinking About the Long-Term Future

The Decline of Violence | Steven Pinker

What Are 'Sleeping Beauties' and Their Impact on Knowledge?

Why Do Some Stories Last for Thousands of Years?

What Are the Challenges and Possibilities of Interstellar Travel?

How Can Social Simulations Prepare Us for Unthinkable Futures?

What Is Deviant Globalization and Why Does It Matter?

What Is the Connection Between Networks and Power?

What Can Historical Films Teach Us About Urban Change?

How Can Long-Term Thinking Eliminate Poverty?

Why Is Preserving Heirloom Seeds Crucial for Humanity?

What Is Time Travel and Its Cultural Impact?

The Complex Aftermath of Globalization | Henry Farrell

What Is the New Era of Philanthropy and Its Impact?

How Did Play Shape Globalization And Innovation?

What Is the Role of Curiosity in SETI Research?

How to Create a Solar Metric Clock for Timekeeping

What Is a Modern Elder and Why Are They Important?

What Are the Seeds of a Good Anthropocene and Its Vision?

How Did Early Humans Navigate Ice Age North America?

Eric Ries | How to Resist Surveillance Capitalism

How Can We Fix Government Services with Technology?

What Can We Learn from Digitizing Our Entire World?

Why Are Endangered Languages Important for Humanity?

What Historical Footage Reveals About San Francisco's Past?

LOST LANDSCAPES 02022 Bay and Gateway: Past Glimpses and Possible Futures | Rick Prelinger

What Can Home Movies Tell Us About San Francisco's History?

The Bureau of Linguistical Reality Performance Lecture | Alicia Escott & Heidi Quante

The Long Time Tail | Chris Anderson and Will Hearst

Why Are Trees Saved for Questionable Reasons?

What Role Did Polo Play in 1930s Military Training?

Technology Empowers the Poorest | Iqbal Quadir

What Solutions Does Kim Stanley Robinson Propose for Climate Change?

What Is Planetary Governance and Why Is It Important?

How to Clone a Mammoth: Is It Possible?

How Does Language Influence Our Thoughts and Perceptions?

How Can Humanity Preserve DNA for Future Generations?

What Caused the Collapse of Late Bronze Age Civilization?

Long Conversation 1 of 19 | Stewart Brand and Jem Finer

What Are the Key Challenges for Humanity's Future?

The New Great Transformation | Paul Hawken

What Challenges Does Futuristic San Francisco Face?

What Are the Challenges Facing Environmentalism Today?

Long Now Member Ignite Talks 02022

How Is Social Media Impacting Democracy Today?

Anthropocene Astronomy: Thwarting Dangerous Asteroids Begins with Finding Them | Ed Lu

What Can Archival Footage Teach Us About San Francisco?

What Is the Story Behind California's Lost Landscapes?

Can China Relearn to Act With Long-term Vision?

How to Invent Everything | Ryan North

What Are the Two Systems of Thinking According to Kahneman?

How Do Economic Narratives Shape Our Society?

What Can We Learn From Stewart Brand's Life Journey?

The Next 30 Digital Years | Kevin Kelly

What Is Planetary Computation and Its Impact on Society?

What Is Viral Time and Its Impact on Life on Earth?

What Is the Homogenocene and Its Impact on Ecosystems?

Fire Slow, Fire Fast, Fire Deep | Stephen Pyne

What Is Paul Romer's Theory of History and Its Impact?

What Role Does Art Play in Today's Digital Age?

How Can Embracing Uncertainty Improve Forecasting?

What Is the Balinese Water Temple Network and How Does It Work?

What Is the Long Zoom Perspective and Why Is It Important?

How Are Humans Reshaping Nature and Conservation?

Speculative Futures | Johanna Hoffman

What Is the Bureau of Linguistical Reality and Its Purpose?

What Is the Scout Mindset and Why Is It Important?

What Is the Global Mind Concept and Its Implications?

How Can We Honor the Whole Earth 50 Years Later?

What Are the Promising Solutions to Climate Change Challenges?

Resisting Dystopia | Becky Chambers & Annalee Newitz

How Can SETI Change Our Perception of Intelligence?

What Is Radical Sharing and How Can It Fight Inequality?

Alicia Escott and Heidi Quante | The Bureau of Linguistical Reality Performance Lecture

What Is the Smithsonian's Role in Long-Term Thinking?

What Has San Francisco Lost Over the Years?

How Does Money Corrupt Congress and What Can Be Done?

What Are the Historical Landscapes of San Francisco?

How Can We Fix America's Broken Government?

How Edible Insects Can Combat Malnutrition in Madagascar

What Is Protopian Storytelling and Why Is It Important?

What Is the Coming War on Owner Control of Computers?

Why Does Burning Man Continue to Thrive Every Year?

What Is the Creator Economy and How Is It Changing Us?

How Can Cities Tackle Climate Change and Growth?

Cities and Time | Gavin Newsom

What Can Home Movies Reveal About San Francisco's History?

What Is the Marshmallow Test and Its Impact on Self-Control?

Enduring Principles for Changing Times | Rosabeth Moss Kanter

What Are the Risks and Benefits of Synthetic Biology?

What Can History Teach Us About Donut Economics?

What Are Mother Trees and Their Role in Forests?

What Are the Differences Between Wizards and Prophets in Climate Solutions?

How Should Infrastructure Change to Combat Climate Change?

Eric Ries | We Must End Business as Usual

What Is the Technium and Why Is It Important?

What Is Wikipedia's Vision for Free Culture?

What Are the Steps to Achieve Nuclear Disarmament?

What Is the 10,000 Year Clock and Why Is It Important?

What Is Plurality and How Can It Improve Democracy?

What Is Francis Fukuyama's Theory of the End of History?

How Can We Make Science More Engaging for Kids?

Life's Future in the Cosmos | Martin Rees

Stefan Sagmeister | Nostalgia Is a Mind Trick

How Can Technology Enhance Open Government Participation?

What Is the Concept of Untimeliness?

What Is the Importance of Interdependence in Today’s Society?

What Is the Evolution of Information Systems?

What Is the History and Future of Quarantine?

Rick Prelinger | Lost Landscapes 02025: YEAR 20!

What Is George P. Shultz's Perspective on Governance and the Future?

What Are Black Swan Events and Why Are They Unpredictable?

What Happens to Earth If Humans Disappear?

How Is Nature Recovering Amidst Human Activities?

What Are the Challenges of Landing Rovers on Mars?

How Can MDMA Transform PTSD Therapy?

What Are the Solutions to Climate Change?

How We Became “Unprepared”: Imagining Catastrophe from the Cold War to Bird Flu | Andrew Lakoff

What Is Dematerialization and How Does It Impact Resources?

How Will Queerness Shape the Future?

What Are Indigenous Sovereign Futures and Their Impact?

Long Conversation 12 of 19 | Peter Schwartz and Pete Worden

How Can We Bring Extinct Species Back to Life?

How Can Increased Longevity Change Our Lives?

Zooming Out in Time | John Baez

What Makes Organizations Last Centuries?

What Defines the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Why Does the West Rule for Now and What Will Change?

How Do Public-Private Partnerships Fund Climate Solutions?

How Do Economic Narratives Shape Our Society?

What Is Neural Media and How Is It Transforming Identity?

What Can We Learn from San Francisco's Lost Landscapes?

How Can We Transition to Sustainable Agriculture?

How Can Planting Thousand-Year-Old Trees Foster Responsibility?

Why Is Land Restoration Challenging for Non-Recognized Tribes?

How Can We Rethink Value in Capitalism?

Why Is Infrastructure Essential for a Thriving Society?

How to Think Long-Term in a Short-Term World

What Are the Origins of the Digital Universe and AI?

What Is the State of Our Oceans and Why Is It Important?

How Does Pumping Water Under Glaciers Slow Melting?

What Is the Impact of Plastic on Our Lives and Environment?

What Are Green Plans and How Do They Promote Sustainability?

What Are the Trends in Moral Progress Over Time?

Melody Jue | Synesthesia of the Seawater

How Modern Diets Impact Our Breathing

How to Cultivate Compassion in Times of Death

What Are Algorithms and How Do They Improve Decision-Making?

Long Conversation 9 of 19 | Melissa Alexander and Ken Wilson

Millennial Precedent | Alexander Rose

Are We Creating New Species During the Anthropocene?

How Can Biotechnology Save Endangered Species?

How Does Walking the Brooklyn Bridge Help Heal Emotional Wounds?

What Is the Gamepocalypse and How Will It Change Life?

What Can 101 Objects Teach Us About American History?

How Is Mobility Key to Humanity's Future Survival?

What Does Craig Childs Explore About Earth's Landscapes?

What Will the Next 100 Years of Science Look Like?

A History of the Future in 100 Objects | Adrian Hon

The Age of Programming Life | Andrew Hessel

How Does Geometry Explain Consciousness?

How Can the Internet Save Civilization?

Long Finance: The Enduring Value Conference | Stewart Brand, Brian Eno, and Alexander Rose

What Are Cities and How Have They Shaped Humanity?

What Is Informed Optimism in Design?

How Can Laser Fusion Power Provide Clean Energy This Decade?

How Do X-Prizes Drive Innovation in Space Exploration?

How Can Cities Thrive in Harmony with Nature?

What Secrets Does the Eastern Sahara Hold About Ancient Civilizations?

Why Are Vaccines Accepted Differently in China and India?

What Role Does Anthropology Play in Cultural Preservation?

What Is Civilizational Optioneering?

Season Recap Spring 02026 | Long Now Talks

What Are the Internet's Main Impacts on Conversation and Sexuality?

How Is the Maker Movement Revolutionizing Manufacturing?

What If the Singularity Does NOT Happen? | Vernor Vinge

What Are the Universal Laws of Growth for Cities?

How to Accelerate Your Learning in a Digital Age?

What Is the Science Behind Color Perception in Humans?

Design by Radical Indigenism | Julia Watson

Seeing Whole Systems | Nicky Case

Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention | Craig Venter

Where Is the Best Place to Search for Life in Our Solar System?

What Is Solar Geoengineering and How Could It Help Climate Change?

What Is the New Games Movement and Its Global Impact?

How Can Feelings Shape Our Vision of the Future?

What Are NASA's Goals for Humanity's Future in Space?

What Insights Did Jem Finer and Saul Griffith Share?

What Is the Importance of Long-Term Thinking for the Future?

Why Do Cities Thrive While Companies Fail?

How to Think Long-Term in a Short-Term World

What Are the Key Changes in California's Ecology Over 10,000 Years?

What Factors Led to Human Dominance and Environmental Challenges?

What Are Bot-Mediated Realities and Their Impact?

What Is the Pace Layer Model and How Does It Work?

How Can We Restructure Society to End Poverty in California?

Blaise Agüera y Arcas | What is Intelligence? | Long Now Talks

How Will Sea Level Rise Impact Coastal Cities?

Radical Ag: C4 Rice and Beyond | Jane Langdale

Toward Practical Telepathy | Mary Lou Jepsen

What Are the World's Oldest Living Organisms?

What Is the Internet Archive's Mission for Universal Knowledge?

How Does Wikipedia Promote Global Knowledge Equity?

Why Is Long-Term Thinking Essential for Humanity's Future?

What Is Eusociality and Why Is It So Rare in Evolution?

Does Nuclear Power Help Fight Climate Change?

How to Improve Philanthropy and Aid Effectively?

LOST LANDSCAPES 02023 - City and Bay in Motion: Transportation and Communication | Rick Prelinger

How Does Animal Communication Inform SETI Research?

What the Dying Teach the Living | Frank Ostaseski

What Is the Role of Time Travel in Literature?

What Can Home Movies Teach Us About San Francisco's History?

What Are the Future Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence?

Overview: Earth and Civilization in the Macroscope | Benjamin Grant

What Can Archaeology Teach Us About Innovation and Society?

What Is the History of the White Horse of Offington?