I have been thinking about what it will take to move from a global civilization to a planetary civilization — and why we need ...

The inaugural issue of Long Now’s new annual print journal synthesizes the most important learnings of our first ...

Stephen Heintz is an American nonprofit executive and public policy expert. Since 02001, he has served as president of the ...

Sara Imari Walker leads one of the largest international theory groups in origins of life and astrobiology. Walker and her team's key areas of research are in developing new approaches to the problem ...

Sara Imari Walker leads one of the largest international theory groups in origins of life and astrobiology. Walker and her team's key areas of research are in developing new approaches to the problem ...

But the economy is better thought of as an emergent phenomenon based on our adopted stories and the values they contain, and ...

I worked in the garden this morning. Put my hands in the dirt, wanting to harvest. But I’m holding off. Ticking down the days or hours until the transmission from Alsafi arrives. When it comes, I’ll ...

READ Andrew Dana Hudson's companion piece to this essay, "The Weather Out There," a work of speculative fiction about communication between humans and across the stars — and what happens when that ...

Chip Conley is a hospitality entrepreneur. He founded the boutique hotel brand Joie de Vivre Hospitality at 26 and ran it for 24 years. Most recently he served as Airbnb's Head of Global Hospitality ...

Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher, lecturer, and author focusing on contemplative end-of-life care. His book is The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. It’s a ...