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The Emergence

I predict this year as an emergence. We stand at a moment of many contradictions. We have vast access to information, resources, truth, and…

Jan 16

The Emergence

Jan 16

2025: Who predicted this?

Tis the season to look over past predictions to see how we got here, and this year being a nice quarter century, inspired me to look back…

Dec 31, 2024

2025: Who predicted this?

Dec 31, 2024

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The Data of Long-lived Institutions

The story of which institutions have lasted the longest throughout history, and why

Nov 19, 2020

The Data of Long-lived Institutions

Nov 19, 2020

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Long-term Building in Japan

Japan’s Ise Shrine and Hōryū-ji Temple offer lessons in how to make a building, or an institution, last through millennia

Sep 12, 2019

Long-term Building in Japan

Sep 12, 2019

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How to Build Something That Will Last 10,000 Years

“The idea is to create a provocation large enough in both scale and time that, when confronted by it, we have to engage our long-term…

Jul 18, 2019

How to Build Something That Will Last 10,000 Years

Jul 18, 2019

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Long-lived institutions

Lessons from six long-term thinkers on how to create organizations that last

Jun 27, 2019

Long-lived institutions

Jun 27, 2019

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The 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight

The star map of “Safety Island” has baffled visitors for decades.

Jan 29, 2019

The 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight

Jan 29, 2019

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A Journey to Siberia in Search of Woolly Mammoths

A trip report from Pleistocene Park, where the woolly mammoth might soon roam

Sep 27, 2018

A Journey to Siberia in Search of Woolly Mammoths

Sep 27, 2018

Alexander Rose

Alexander Rose

Director of long-term futures at Automattic Inc. Executive director emeritus of The Long Now Foundation, founder of The Interval, builder of robots and fire art

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