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Monday, 17 November 2003

The Long Now Foundation

The Long Now Foundation:

The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996** to develop Clock and "Library" projects as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. It has been nearly 10,000 years since the end of the last ice age and the beginnings of civilization. Progress lately is often measured on a "faster/cheaper" scale. The Long Now Foundation seeks to promote "slower/better" thinking and to foster creativity in the framework of the next 10,000 years.

part of a drawing for the 10k year clock
the foundation was created by Brian Eno, Stewart Brand (also founder of the Whole Earth Catalog and The WELL), Esther Dyson, Kevin Kelly (Wired editor) among others.

the Library projects are focused on problems emerging from the constant evolution and obsolesence of file formats and media as well as those surrounding "legacy systems".

the Clock projects are about the naming and tracking of time with an eye on the future rather than what works right now.

my head hurts . . .

Posted by Carrie Eberhardt at 03:30:19 PM in etc.

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