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The clock of the long now : time and responsibility / Stewart Brand.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brand, Stewart.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Time.
Responsibility.
Strategic planning.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (207 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Basic Books, c1999.
Summary:
Using the Millennial Clock as a paradigm for the Long Now, Stewart Brand offers a practical introduction to the concept of long-term responsibility.
Contents:
Notional clock
Kairos and Chronos
Moore's wall
The singularity
Rush
The long now
The order of civilization
Old-time religion
Clock/library
Ben is big
The world's slowest computer
Burning libraries
Dead hand
Ending the digital dark age
10,000-year library
Tragic optimism
Futurismo
Uses of the future
Uses of the past
Reframing the problems
Slow science
The long view
Generations
Sustained endeavor
The infinite game.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.
ISBN:
1-282-94536-X
9786612945366
0-7867-2292-4
OCLC:
670411872

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