Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In 3,200 years, Earth's axial precession — the gradual but powerful shift of our orbit — will change our North Star from Polaris to Gamma Cephi. Long Now Member & artist George Ferrandi's work focuses on developing new rituals and traditions to mark this shift.
Learn more about Ferrandi’s work at http://www.jumpstar.love/
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
In 3,200 years, Earth's axial precession — the gradual but powerful shift of our orbit — will change our North Star from Polaris to Gamma Cephi. Long Now Member & artist George Ferrandi's work focuses on developing new rituals and traditions to mark this shift.
Learn more about Ferrandi’s work at http://www.jumpstar.love/
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
