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The Long Now Archive
Slowing down with seven billion people
Posted on January 10, 2011 | No CommentsThe population surge is slowing. Currently, we're at 7 billion. Here's what that looks like.
Magic Box
Posted on December 21, 2010 | No CommentsOur high tech gizmos are wondrous, but they're little more than magic boxes that we cannot understand.
Terry Pratchett
Posted on December 16, 2010 | 1 CommentHe's my favorite author. Here are just a few reasons why. If you haven't read him, then what the hell are you waiting for?
Again with the Time Visualization
Posted on December 13, 2010 | No CommentsI love Sagan's cosmic calendar along with any other tool that helps to make the impossible vista of time a bit more understandable for our little meat brains.
The Ancient Climate Crisis
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 1 CommentModern times aren't the first time that humanity has grappled with climate change. It won't be the last, either.
Best Practices for Geopolitical Travelers
Posted on November 22, 2010 | 4 CommentsGeorge Friedman offers up a different and personal collection of observations from his trip through Eastern Europe.
The Changing Maps of a Pale Blue Dot
Posted on November 18, 2010 | No CommentsWatch the ebb and flow of cultures and nations - civilization's great story - unfold thanks to YouTube. Also: Appreciate these moments.
It’s Complicated
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsHappy Veteran's Day. I a patriot, enamored of my particular view of things, who knows that I'm dead wrong. Let's hear it for massive confusion.
Predicting GPS and the Internet
Posted on November 8, 2010 | 1 CommentArthur C. Clarke predicted global satellite networks back in the late 50's. At the same time, engineers were building the concepts that would underlie the internet.
The Spiritual Universe
Posted on November 5, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe universe is filled with awe and utterly suffused with built-in wonder and I hope to impart as much of that to my son as possible.