Long Now Foundation Podcasts & Videos

As the times accelerate and we face ever more kaleidoscopic careers, a crucial meta-skill is the ability to learn new skills extremely rapidly, extremely well.

The End Of History Revisited with Francis Fukuyama speaking at a seminar hosted by The Long Now Foundation.

Vision is one of the most powerful forms of long-term thinking.

Probably the most consequential vision of the future ever written is the Bible's "Book of Revelation". If God didn't write it (through the sainted instrument of someone named John), then who did, and why?

In a dazzling duet Will Wright and Brian Eno give an intense clinic on the joys and techniques of 'generative' creation.

Power to Save the World with Gwyneth Cravens in conversation with Rip Anderson as part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars About Long-term Thinking.

The Long Zoom with Steven Johnson speaking at a seminar hosted by The Long Now Foundation.

Distinguished historian Ferguson and renowned futurist Schwartz disagree profoundly on the nature of human progress. Both use scenarios (called "counterfactual history" by Ferguson) to analyze how events play out.

What happens when we confuse price with value? We end up undervaluing care. We pollute more. And the financial sector is allowed to brag about how productive it is-while often just moving around existing value, created by others.

The pundits we all listen to are no better at predictions than a "dart-throwing chimp," and they are routinely surpassed by normal news-attentive citizens.