Premiering next week: Are the Birds Happy?, a one-of-a-kind participatory performance presenting a digital take on café society by artists Eve Sussman, Simon Lee, & Volkmar Klien on May 9-11 at Gray Area, co-produced by Long Now with funding from the Hewlett Foundation.

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“‘Children of a Modest Star’ is an ambitious book. In just a few hundred pages, it aims to both outline the current state of global affairs and propose a quietly radical planetary transformation of the hierarchies of governance.” Thanks, jay and Long Now Foundation!

To grapple with the planetary crises of the contemporary moment, we need new systems of planetary thinking.

In their new book CHILDREN OF A MODEST STAR, Nils Gilman and Jonathan Blake of Berggruen Institute
explore planetary governance. Read our interview: hubs.ly/Q02tZjmW0

Dr. Jonathan Cordero, Executive Director of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, explains the nuances and practical complexities of returning land to indigenous groups.

Executive Director of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone Jonathan Cordero outlines the essential differences between an Indigenous worldview and a non-Indigenous worldview – the native lifeways that shape Indigenous life and culture.

Becoming 'Children of a Modest Star': Long Now Foundation talks with Jonathan Blake and Nils Gilman about pandemics, climate change, and the planetary governance systems required to deal with them:
longnow.org/ideas/children…

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Executive Director of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone Jonathan Cordero outlines the essential differences between an Indigenous worldview and a non-Indigenous worldview – the native lifeways that shape Indigenous life and culture.

Announcing: 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮? 🗓️ May 9–11
Become the performer in this interactive exploration of control, agency, & community.
🌐 By artists Volkmar Klien, Simon Lee, & Eve Sussman.
Long Now Foundation @hewlett_found
Tickets:grayarea.org/event/are-the-…

To grapple with the planetary crises of the contemporary moment, we need new systems of planetary thinking.

In their new book CHILDREN OF A MODEST STAR, Nils Gilman and Jonathan Blake of Berggruen Institute
explore planetary governance. Read our interview: hubs.ly/Q02tZjmW0

What does it mean to be Indigenous? Dr. Jonathan Cordero, Executive Director of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, discusses the definition of Indigeneity in the context of colonization.

We had a wonderful conversation with jay of Long Now Foundation about our newly released book, CHILDREN OF A MODEST STAR, which Jacob described as 'a quietly radical planetary transformation of the hierarchies of governance.' longnow.org/ideas/children…