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Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher and bestselling author whose works, including Empathy and The Good Ancestor. He ...

Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher and bestselling author whose works, including Empathy and The Good Ancestor. He founded the Empathy Museum and co-founded The School of Life. Named one of ...

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Below is an essay by a founding board member Stewart Brand on the need for, and the mechanism by which, The Long Now Foundation is attempting to encourage long-term thinking. Civilization is revving ...

is a nonprofit established in 01996 to foster long-term thinking. It is still being assembled deep inside a mountain in west Texas. The Clock provides a rare invitation to think and engineer at the ...

It was 1978. I was new to New York. A rich acquaintance had invited me to a housewarming party, and, as my cabdriver wound his way down increasingly potholed and dingy streets, I began wondering ...

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Dorie Clark is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and consults and speaks for clients such as Google, Yale University, and the World Bank. Clark teaches executive education for ...

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