Looking Long

Writer David Doody
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March 23, 2013 — When you plan for the future, how far do you look? For the folks at The Long Now Foundation, the operative time frame is millennia, not decades. Check out videos and podcasts of what pundits like Mark Lynas and E.O. Wilson see when they take a really long look at the future.

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