Summary

Considerations surrounding human timelines and historical epochs span vast periods, from prehistoric eras like 08000 BCE to potential futures reaching 12000 CE.
This perspective encompasses sweeping changes such as the Digital and Industrial revolutions, and the emergence of early human societies with agriculture and first cities.

The concept encourages adopting a viewpoint that regards the long arc of civilization's history, both its distant past and its far future.
Stewart Brand's 1999 publication, *The Clock of The Long Now*, serves as a foundational declaration for The Long Now Foundation, drawing from writings by Danny Hilliss and Brian Eno.

Title

LONG NOW — fostering long-term thinking

Description

The Long Now Foundation fosters long-term thinking. Our work encourages imagination at the timescale of civilization — the next and last 10,000 years — a timespan we call the long now.

Keywords

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Dates

Created 2026-09-22

Updated 2026-09-28

Summarized 2026-09-29