What is The Long Now? It is the name of a foundation launched by Stewart Brand of 'Whole Earth Catalogue' fame, and technology entrepreneur, Danny Hillis. In their parlance, the long now refers to our ability to view ourselves in a time frame measured by eons rather than a human lifetime or less. In essence, we are part of a bigger picture, based on equalibriums that stretch out over centuries, even millennia in time. The point is to train people to see themselves as part of the fabric of nature that reveals itself in terms that stretch far beyond the length of a human lifetime.
The primary focus of their work is to construct a very unique timepiece; one that only turns over every 10,000 years.
http://longnow.org/
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