Friday, September 14, 2007

Thinking Far Ahead

Here are some links which share the theme of foresight far into the future:

The Long Now Foundation - This group is dedicated to thinking far into the future. Some of their projects include the Rosetta disk, a modern equivelent of the Rosetta stone, and the Millenium Clock, a clock that will run for 10,000 years, and chime every 1000.

Scientist Call for Earth 'Backup' on Moon - Some ideas about how we might plan to preserve human knowledge in the face of catastrophe.

The future mindset of the class of 2029 - This article states some ideas and notions that may be held by students of the future. Their mindset will undoubtably be very different from our own.

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