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Author:

Brand, Stewart.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

198 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Time.
Strategic planning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.

Contents:

1. Notional clock -- 2. Kairos and Chronos -- 3. Moore's wall -- 4. The singularity -- 5. Rush -- 6. The long now -- 7. The order of civilization -- 8. Old-time religion -- 9. Clock/Library -- 10. Ben is big -- 11. The world's slowest computer -- 12. Burning libraries -- 13. Dead hand -- 14. Ending the digital dark age -- 15. 10,000-year library -- 16. Tragic optimism -- 17. Futurismo -- 18. Uses of the future -- 19. Uses of the past -- 20. Reframing the problems -- 21. Slow science -- 22. The long view -- 23. Generations -- 24. Sustained endeavor -- 25. The infinite game.

ISBN:

9780465007806 (pbk.) :
0465007805 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44268465

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)