#longnow — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #longnow, aggregated by home.social.
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#ClimateResearch, #ClimateMitigation and #ClimateAdaption are experiencing hurricane conditions in some parts of the world today (hello USA) but... play the long game. Here's a review and perspective with a touch of #LongNow thinking:
"All possible—but currently unknown—worlds in 2050, with a larger global population, unprecedented climate conditions with higher temperatures, more frequent extreme weather events, sea level rise, disrupted ecosystems, changes in habitability and increased climate-induced displacement and migration, and the emergence of new geopolitical tensions, will require limiting society’s vulnerability both through mitigation measures to minimize further warming and through the implementation of innovative adaptation initiatives. The development of a skillful climate information system, based on the most advanced Earth system science, will be required to inform decision-makers and the public around the world about the local and remote impacts of climate change, and guide them in optimizing their adaptation and mitigation agendas. This information will also help manage renewable resources in a warmer world and strengthen resilience to the expected interconnected impacts of climate change. "
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2025.1554685/full
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What does it mean to think on the scale of centuries? Great discussions with Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson.
The Long Now Foundation offers a fascinating read on long-term logic, design, and the ethics of building for the future.
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The Long Now Foundation just posted a beautiful talk by Sci-Fi futurists Becky Chambers and Annalee Newitz on Resisting Dystopia - a topic dear to my heart. Couldn't resist jumping on making an Active Transcript for it. I encourage everyone to listen to or read this one! #LongNow #Utopia #Dystopia #Protopia #Accessibility #Transcripts
https://www.withfanfare.com/p/long-now-conversations-at-the-interval/resisting-dystopia-becky-chambers-annalee-newitz -
If there's one idea that I've learned from archeologists that I most wish would permeate into public consciousness it's #taphonomy: the interference between what was and what we can see. Caves act as protective tubes between past and future, while the advance and retreat of the ice sheets wiped the surface clean beyond them. The tropics are biologically rich but consumed and metabolized the bones and tools of most of our ancestors.