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6 unusual facts about Long Now Foundation

Camille Davila

Camille's surrounding company has always been of interest to die-hard fans, from playing with ex-Jeff Buckley drummer Eric Eidel, to working for an organization run by Stewart Brand, Brian Eno and others at The Long Now Foundation, to debuting her residency with her opening players the Zutons!

January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now

This is an album of "studies" made for the Long Now Foundation, an organization founded in 1996 which aims to "provide a counterpoint to what it views as today's 'faster/cheaper' mindset and to promote 'slower/better' thinking".

Kim Polese

In addition to serving ClearStreet as Chairman, Ms. Polese is an Aspen Institute Crown Fellow and serves on a number of boards, including the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, TechNet, the University of California President’s Board on Science and Innovation, UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, the Long Now Foundation, the Public Policy Institute of California and the Global Security Institute.

Kurt Bollacker

He is currently pursuing research on long term digital archiving as the Digital Research Director at the Long Now Foundation.

Long Now Foundation

In November 2003 the Long Now Foundation began a series of monthly Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) with a lecture by Brian Eno.

Van Horn, Texas

In 2009 The Van Horn Advocate announced that the Long Now Foundation was starting geologic testing for an underground space to house a 10,000 Year Clock of the Long Now, on the Bezos ranch, north of Van Horn.