Links tagged with “longnow”
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The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why
Really good stuff explaining the many possible theories for why we haven’t heard from any alien races given the (potentially) very large number of intelligent civilisations in the galaxy. (via Kottke)
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BLDGBLOG: Predisposed
More on that “how to tell future generations about dangerous things” problem. Fascinating stuff.
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The Technium: 1,000 Years of Forgetting
I often think how even the most famous people alive today won’t be remembered in the distant future. But more importantly… A BRILLIANT video from the year 3000!
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BLDGBLOG: One Million Years of Isolation: An Interview with Abraham Van Luik
On planning nuclear waste disposal, designed to be stable and safe for one million years. Longest-term futures work ever?
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The Long Now Blog » Blog Archive » All you need to jump start civilization…
“On this one graphic is all the stuff you need to know to jump start a civilization (or get super rich if you travel back in time).” Fun.
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What to do now to improve the human race in the long term? | Ask Metafilter
After reading ‘Last and First Men’ I’ve been wondering this, so I asked Metafilter.
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New College, Oxford - College Oaks
That story from ‘How Buildings Learn’ about the oak trees being grown to replace the dining hall’s beams? The important part is apparently not true.
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Kevin Kelly — The Technium — The Forever Book
Not just a library of all essential knowledge about human civilisation, but it would contain instructions for how to recreate a version of itself. From 2006.