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.
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