The Long Now Foundation

Jared Diamond, author of Collapse, delivered a talk recently about how past civilisations have wiped themselves out due to a lack of foresight and a full comprehension of their actions. Due to religious differences, resource plundering and war, these civilisations often found it difficult to pull themselves back from the precipice of extinction. He warned that our lack of vision meant that we too are headed down the same path. His warning very much mirrors the thinking of an organisation called the Long Now Foundation. The Foundation’s modus operandi could perhaps be described as ‘slow food’ for culture, rather than cooking. They’re determined to talk people down from the frenetic pace of contemporary life by rewarding patience, responsibility and, above all, by facilitating the acquisition of the “long view”. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to todays "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking. It hopes to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. Check out http://www.longnow.org/

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