Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Over the past century, Marketers have used the power of stories to shape the world around them for the worse, from creating the idea of the criminal "jaywalker" to selling cigarettes as a tool of women's liberation to modern controversies around online tracking and advertisement.
Long Now Member & entrepreneur Adam Long takes on the advertisers in How Marketers Ruined The World For The Long Term and delivers a hopeful message on the power of the medium.
For more on Long's charity and other work: theethicalceo.com
For almost two decades, Long Now has produced hundreds of talks from the world’s leading long-term thinkers, all possible because of the support of our members and donors. Now, we are showcasing a curated set of short Ignite Talks created and given by Long Now Members themselves.
Ignite Talks is a story format created by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Each talk is exactly 5 minutes long, told by a speaker working with 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds (ready or not).
Watch all of the 02022 Long Now Member Ignite Talks here: youtu.be/lWg2tIhtt-E
"Long Now Member Ignite Talks 02022" was given on May 25, 02022 as part of Long Now's Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world's leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. To follow the talks, you can:
Subscribe to our podcasts: longnow.org/seminars/podcast
Explore the full series: longnow.org/seminars
More ideas on long-term thinking: blog.longnow.org
The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Our projects include a 10,000 Year Clock, endangered language preservation, thousand year+ data storage, and Long Bets, an arena for accountable predictions.
Become a Long Now member to support this series, join our community, and connect with our ongoing work to explore and deepen long-term thinking: longnow.org/membership
Over the past century, Marketers have used the power of stories to shape the world around them for the worse, from creating the idea of the criminal "jaywalker" to selling cigarettes as a tool of women's liberation to modern controversies around online tracking and advertisement.
Long Now Member & entrepreneur Adam Long takes on the advertisers in How Marketers Ruined The World For The Long Term and delivers a hopeful message on the power of the medium.
For more on Long's charity and other work: theethicalceo.com
For almost two decades, Long Now has produced hundreds of talks from the world’s leading long-term thinkers, all possible because of the support of our members and donors. Now, we are showcasing a curated set of short Ignite Talks created and given by Long Now Members themselves.
Ignite Talks is a story format created by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Each talk is exactly 5 minutes long, told by a speaker working with 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds (ready or not).
Watch all of the 02022 Long Now Member Ignite Talks here: youtu.be/lWg2tIhtt-E
"Long Now Member Ignite Talks 02022" was given on May 25, 02022 as part of Long Now's Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world's leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. To follow the talks, you can:
Subscribe to our podcasts: longnow.org/seminars/podcast
Explore the full series: longnow.org/seminars
More ideas on long-term thinking: blog.longnow.org
The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Our projects include a 10,000 Year Clock, endangered language preservation, thousand year+ data storage, and Long Bets, an arena for accountable predictions.
Become a Long Now member to support this series, join our community, and connect with our ongoing work to explore and deepen long-term thinking: longnow.org/membership
