Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCarolyn Porco: Searching for Life in the Solar System
## Life nearby **If we find, anywhere in the universe, one more instance of life** besides what evolved on Earth, then we are bound to conclude that …
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Kim Stanley Robinson: How Climate Will Evolve Government and Society
Humanity’s adaptation to climate change will require novel, global cooperation and societal evolution. The award-winning science fiction author of _2…
8 years, 9 months ago
Kara Platoni: Transforming Perception, One Sense at a Time
Kara Platoni, author and journalism professor at UC-Berkeley, set out to find the sensory pioneers who are changing the way we experience the world. …
8 years, 10 months ago
James Gleick: Time Travel
## Time travel is time research **Gleick began with H.G. Wells’s 1895 book _The Time Machine_** , which created the idea of time travel. It soon beca…
8 years, 10 months ago
Jeffrey McGrew: Talking with Robots about Architecture
The co-founder of Because We Can, the architecture/design firm that designed The Interval at Long Now, discusses the future of building: automation, …
8 years, 10 months ago
Adam Rogers: Proof: The Science of Booze
The first salon talk took place before The Interval was officially opened, when the back bar and much of our signature decor weren’t fully installed.…
8 years, 10 months ago
Andy Weir: The Red Planet for Real
Before Andy Weir's self-published novel _The Martian_ became a _New York Times_ bestseller and a blockbuster film, it began as a series of blog posts…
8 years, 10 months ago
Abby Smith Rumsey: How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future
Memory technologies from papyrus to print have given humans a unique survival advantage: allowing us to accumulate knowledge. These technologies shap…
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Paul Saffo & Stewart Brand: Pace Layers Thinking
In 1999 “Pace Layers” made its debut in the book [The Clock of Long Now](http://www.amazon.com/Clock-Long-Now-Responsibility-Computer/dp/0465007805/l…
8 years, 10 months ago
Neal Stephenson: Seveneves at The Interval
Author Neal Stephenson has had a long though informal connection with Long Now. Before the foundation was formed, soon after Danny Hillis began to co…
8 years, 10 months ago