We strive to be good ancestors.
Long Now Boston is disappointed to confirm cancellation of the ‘Craft a Superhero’ event, along with the rest of the Cambridge Science Festival, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We plan to propose our event again for a future Cambridge Science Festival. Be sure to look for us next time!
Continue reading “CANCELLED: Long Now Boston at the Science Carnival and Robot Zoo!”
A Long Now Boston Conversation Author and Boston Globe editorial page editor Bina Venkataraman, on encouraging long-term thinking in a short-term-driven world.
See the post-event Summary: Rx for a Better Future: Wisdom Over Recklessness
Continue reading “Long-Term Thinking—a Short-Term Priority”
NOTE: Presentation starts early — at 6:30pm
On Monday, February 3, 02020, Professor Raj Sisodia will review the history of capitalism and its challenges and explore the concept of “conscious capitalism” focused on higher purpose, long-term thinking and collaborative, enduring and empathic relationships among all stakeholders.
See Event Summary Here: A Conscious Solution to Corporate Short Termism
Continue reading “Conscious Capitalism – A Radical Transformation of Business Culture”
January 6, 7PM at the CIC Venture Café. Doors open at 6PM.
Admission is free, but attendees must be registered: Tickets Here.
The following five selected presentations will serve as the starting point for conversation and discussion about the future of humanity.
Bring your enthusiasm, your questions and your ideas for a thought-provoking evening, from the perspective of Long Now thinking. The program will be highly interactive, and the audience will be asked to select their favorite presentation! The winner will receive a $100 reward!
Join the conversation and be part of the solution.
Admission is FREE but tickets are required.
We’re proud and excited to welcome Ye, Nathan, Robin, George and Fredo to the podium at this Long Now Boston community conversation.
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On December 2, 02019, Professor Avi Loeb takes Long Now Boston to the frontiers of cosmic discovery and exobiology.
Professor Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science and Chair of Astronomy at Harvard, Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation, Founding Director of the Black Hole Initiative, Chair of both the Breakthrough Starshot Advisory Committee and the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. In 2012, TIME magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space science.
See post-event summary here: Life Among the Stars
December, 02019, at CIC, 1 Broadway, Cambridge MA
Doors open @ 6pm — Come early and meet other Long Now thinkers.
Presentations start @ 7pm
A Long Now Boston Conversation with James Hughes (IEET) and Nir Eisikovits (UMAEC).
November 4, 02019, at CIC, 1 Broadway, Cambridge MA
Doors open @ 6pm — Come early and meet other Long Now thinkers
Presentations start @ 7pm
See the post-event Summary: How Humans and Technology Co-Evolve
Presented by Long Now Boston and Emerson Contemporary
Wed, October 16, 2019. Reception 6:30-7:30pm and Talk 7:30-8:30pm.
Emerson College, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, 559 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111
Continue reading “Indigenous Science Fiction, The Imagination, and Long-term Thinking”
October 7, 02019 at the CIC Venture Café — Doors open @ 6pm — Come early and meet other Long Now thinkers. Presentations start @ 7pm.
See Event Summary HERE.
A Long Now Boston Conversation with Hyunjun Park and Nova Spivack.
Continue reading “Making Small and Thinking Big – DNA Data Storage”
Sept. 9, 02019: Long-term Loonshots: The Science of Phase Transitions and the Course of World History
A Long Now Boston Conversation with Safi Bahcall, Author of Loonshots (02019).
See the post-event Summary here.
Monday, September 9, 02019: 7PM at the CIC Venture Café — Doors open @ 6pm — Come early and meet other Long Now thinkers
Why did modern science ignite in 17th -century Western Europe when China, Islam, and India had been so much more advanced for 1,000 years? How does understanding the behavior we see in a glass of water help us understand the fate of companies and empires? How can we use these insights to help our institutions shape the next 1,000 or 10,000 years?
Safi Bahcall is the author of the 2019 NYT Bestseller — Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Long Now Boston would love you to join us — Saturday, August 17, from 1pm to 5pm — in celebration of our 5th season of remarkable deep time conversations.
The event summary has been posted here!
This annual intimate summer gathering is already famous for connecting local Long Now enthusiasts. This year we’ve raised the bar by welcoming some very special guests:
• Stewart Brand, co-founder of the Long Now Foundation
• Esther Dyson, founder of Wellville and chairman of EDVenture Holdings
• and Ryan Phelan, co-founder and executive director of Revive & Restore
• Danny Hillis and Taylor Milsal, our hosts, will also be on hand.
All of them promise to share updates on current projects, and there will plenty of opportunity for discussion.
We look forward to seeing you soon, getting to know you better and looking at the world together through a Long Now lens.
Light refreshments served
$100/person — General Admission — only 20 Tickets available.
A wait list will start after initial tickets are spoken for; if additional spots become available, wait list folks will be contacted.
Tickets will be availably only from Meetup for this event.
[limited to 2 tix/person — non-transferrable; non-refundable]
