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What Books Would You Choose to Restart Civilization?
What Books Would You Choose to Restart Civilization?
Gathering essential books and democratizing human knowledge for future generations
Ahmed Kabil
Dec 14, 2017
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Tim O’Reilly’s Book List for the Manual for Civilization
Tim O’Reilly’s Book List for the Manual for Civilization
What books would you choose to rebuild civilization? We asked a Silicon Valley visionary who has a passion for the Classics.
mikl em
Apr 20, 2018
Book Lists
Stewart Brand’s Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization
Stewart Brand’s Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization
In 02014 Long Now co-founder Stewart Brand nominated more than 70 books for our Manual for Civilization collection. The Manual is a library…
The Long Now Foundation
Mar 3, 2014
Brian Eno’s Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization
Brian Eno’s Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization
Twenty books suggested by Long Now’s Founding Board Member Brian Eno were the very first in a series of lists additions to our Manual for…
The Long Now Foundation
Feb 28, 2014
Kevin Kelly’s Book List for the Manual for Civilization
Kevin Kelly’s Book List for the Manual for Civilization
What books would you choose to restart civilization? Long Now is assembling a Manual for Civilization to fill our library with knowledge.
The Long Now Foundation
Mar 18, 2014
Neal Stephenson’s Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization
Neal Stephenson’s Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization
Best-selling author Neal Stephenson has made his selections for the books that we’d need to restart civilization.
The Long Now Foundation
Apr 17, 2014
33 Books on How to Live and a Russian Nesting Doll
33 Books on How to Live and a Russian Nesting Doll
Long Now Member Maria Popova is the mastermind behind the popular cultural blog of ideas known as Brain Pickings. The blog was founded in…
The Long Now Foundation
Apr 9, 2014
Book Lists by David Brin, Bruce Sterling and Daniel Suarez for the Manual for Civilization
Book Lists by David Brin, Bruce Sterling and Daniel Suarez for the ...
Three best-selling science fiction authors, and long-time friends of Long Now recommend essential books for the future
The Long Now Foundation
Sep 29, 2014
Author Violet Blue’s Book List for the Manual for Civilization
Author Violet Blue’s Book List for the Manual for Civilization
It’s vital that a library designed to sustain civilization have books about sex and reproduction.
The Long Now Foundation
Mar 10, 2014
Mark Pauline (Survival Research Labs) Manual for Civilization Book List
Mark Pauline (Survival Research Labs) Manual for Civilization Book ...
Pioneering machine artist, founder and leader of SRL, chooses books by Burroughs, Ballard, Pynchon and Gibson.
The Long Now Foundation
May 1, 2014
Megan and Rick Prelinger’s Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization
Megan and Rick Prelinger’s Selected Books for the Manual for Civili...
What books would you choose to restart civilization? Long Now asked guerrilla archivists Rick and Megan Prelinger for their choices.
The Long Now Foundation
Mar 25, 2014
George Dyson’s Selections for The Manual for Civilization
George Dyson’s Selections for The Manual for Civilization
When we asked author George Dyson what knowledge is most important to sustain humanity, he chose books from the 18th to the 21st century.
The Long Now Foundation
Mar 8, 2017
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