Stefan Sagmeister | Its Getting Better @longnow
Stefan Sagmeister | Its Getting Better  @longnow
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In his Long Now Talk, "Finally, something good," acclaimed designer Stefan Sagmeister urges us to zoom out. The faster the news cycle spins, the more we scroll, and the more we catastrophize. Meanwhile, the things that improve tend to do so slowly and quietly—like voting rights and poverty rates.

Watch Sagmeister's full talk in the link below. Find more videos on long-term thinking and planetary philosophy on the Long Now channel.
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Stefan Sagmeister | It's Getting Better

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