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Its often aid that capitalism is so deadly to the life-support system of the Earth because it "thinks" only about profit (everything else is relegated to "externalities," which literally do not count) but not well understood and perhaps equally troublesome is that business thunks mostly in terms of the quarterly report. To do anything intelligent we clearly need a longer time horizon. The [http://longnow.org/ LongNow Foundation] set out to do precisely that It hosts an amazing [http://longnow.org/seminars/ monthly talk] (archives), and is building a [http://longnow.org/projects/ ten thousand year clock] and [http://longnow.org/revive/ re-wilding](bringing back extinct species, and idea [http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Slugs_in_Action#Emeritus_Faculty pioneered] and [http://longnow.org/revive/ carried out] by UCSC folk). Some important founders are Brian Eno, Stewart Brand, and computer scientist Danny Hillis (who built a computer out of TinkerToys). | Its often aid that capitalism is so deadly to the life-support system of the Earth because it "thinks" only about profit (everything else is relegated to "externalities," which literally do not count) but not well understood and perhaps equally troublesome is that business thunks mostly in terms of the quarterly report. To do anything intelligent we clearly need a longer time horizon. The [http://longnow.org/ LongNow Foundation] set out to do precisely that It hosts an amazing [http://longnow.org/seminars/ monthly talk] (archives), and is building a [http://longnow.org/projects/ ten thousand year clock] and [http://longnow.org/revive/ re-wilding](bringing back extinct species, and idea [http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Slugs_in_Action#Emeritus_Faculty pioneered] and [http://longnow.org/revive/ carried out] by UCSC folk). Some important founders are Brian Eno, Stewart Brand, and computer scientist Danny Hillis (who built a computer out of TinkerToys). | ||
| − | Brian Eno's book list: | + | '''Brian Eno's book list:''' |
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Seeing Like a State by James C Scott | Seeing Like a State by James C Scott | ||
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The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by David Lewis-Williams | The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by David Lewis-Williams | ||
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Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti | Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti | ||
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The Wheels of Commerce by Fernand Braudel | The Wheels of Commerce by Fernand Braudel | ||
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Keeping Together in Time by William McNeill | Keeping Together in Time by William McNeill | ||
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Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich | Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich | ||
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Roll Jordan Roll by Eugene Genovese | Roll Jordan Roll by Eugene Genovese | ||
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A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander et al | A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander et al | ||
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The Face of Battle by John Keegan | The Face of Battle by John Keegan | ||
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A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor | A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor | ||
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Contingency, Irony and Solidarity by Richard Rorty | Contingency, Irony and Solidarity by Richard Rorty | ||
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The Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci | The Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci | ||
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The Confidence Trap by David Runciman | The Confidence Trap by David Runciman | ||
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The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstein | The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstein | ||
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Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection by Sarah Hrdy | Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection by Sarah Hrdy | ||
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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | ||
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The Cambridge World History of Food (2-Volume Set) by Kenneth F. Kiple & Kriemhild Coneè Ornelas | The Cambridge World History of Food (2-Volume Set) by Kenneth F. Kiple & Kriemhild Coneè Ornelas | ||
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The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe by Marjorie Blamey & Christopher Grey Wilson | The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe by Marjorie Blamey & Christopher Grey Wilson | ||
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Printing and the Mind of Man by John Carter & Percy Muir | Printing and the Mind of Man by John Carter & Percy Muir | ||
Peter the Great: His Life and World by Richard Massie | Peter the Great: His Life and World by Richard Massie | ||
| − | Big History tells the history of the world in eight thresholds, a jump to a higher level of complexity, with unexpected emergent properties, from which there is no going back). It final chapter 13 encourges us to imagine what the next jump will be. This is the secret of Elon Musk, who has made huhe contributions as a designer and entrepreneur because he imagined what was inevitable and caught the wave to that early: electric cars, private sector spaceflight and solar energy. | + | '''Big History''' tells the history of the world in eight thresholds, a jump to a higher level of complexity, with unexpected emergent properties, from which there is no going back). It final chapter 13 encourges us to imagine what the next jump will be. This is the secret of Elon Musk, who has made huhe contributions as a designer and entrepreneur because he imagined what was inevitable and caught the wave to that early: electric cars, private sector spaceflight and solar energy. |
Try it! Tell uswhat you think. Are there trends that are convrging? Diverging? | Try it! Tell uswhat you think. Are there trends that are convrging? Diverging? | ||
Revision as of 19:34, 2 March 2014
Its often aid that capitalism is so deadly to the life-support system of the Earth because it "thinks" only about profit (everything else is relegated to "externalities," which literally do not count) but not well understood and perhaps equally troublesome is that business thunks mostly in terms of the quarterly report. To do anything intelligent we clearly need a longer time horizon. The LongNow Foundation set out to do precisely that It hosts an amazing monthly talk (archives), and is building a ten thousand year clock and re-wilding(bringing back extinct species, and idea pioneered and carried out by UCSC folk). Some important founders are Brian Eno, Stewart Brand, and computer scientist Danny Hillis (who built a computer out of TinkerToys).
Brian Eno's book list:
Seeing Like a State by James C Scott
The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by David Lewis-Williams
Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti
The Wheels of Commerce by Fernand Braudel
Keeping Together in Time by William McNeill
Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich
Roll Jordan Roll by Eugene Genovese
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander et al
The Face of Battle by John Keegan
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
Contingency, Irony and Solidarity by Richard Rorty
The Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci
The Confidence Trap by David Runciman
The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstein
Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection by Sarah Hrdy
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Cambridge World History of Food (2-Volume Set) by Kenneth F. Kiple & Kriemhild Coneè Ornelas
The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe by Marjorie Blamey & Christopher Grey Wilson
Printing and the Mind of Man by John Carter & Percy Muir Peter the Great: His Life and World by Richard Massie
Big History tells the history of the world in eight thresholds, a jump to a higher level of complexity, with unexpected emergent properties, from which there is no going back). It final chapter 13 encourges us to imagine what the next jump will be. This is the secret of Elon Musk, who has made huhe contributions as a designer and entrepreneur because he imagined what was inevitable and caught the wave to that early: electric cars, private sector spaceflight and solar energy.
Try it! Tell uswhat you think. Are there trends that are convrging? Diverging?
