The Difficulty of Looking Far Ahead | George Dyson, Freeman Dyson, and Esther Dyson
3,724 views · Published 25 April 2011 · 1:21:25 · Indexed 26 September 2026
Channel: The Long Now Foundation · 2011 · Science & Technology
Mathematician, physicist, essayist Freeman Dyson has been at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton since 1953. His books include "Disturbing The Universe" (1979), "Infinite In All Directions" (1988), and "The Sun, The Genome, and The Internet" (1999). Esther Dyson, known as the most searching, insightful, and wry of journalists covering the computer industry, is longtime editor of "Release 1.0," author of "Release 2.0" and a member of the Long Now board. Famed kayak designer George Dyson has become a highly respected chronicler of technology history with "Darwin Among The Machines" (1997) and "Project Orion" (2002). "The Difficulty of Looking Far Ahead" was given on October 5, 02005 as part of Long Now's Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world's leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. To follow the talks, you can: Subscribe to our podcasts: http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast Explore the full series: http://longnow.org/seminars More ideas on long-term thinking: http://blog.longnow.org The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Our projects include a 10,000 Year Clock, endangered language preservation, thousand year+ data storage, and Long Bets, an arena for accountable predictions. Become a Long Now member to support this series, join our community, and connect with our ongoing work to explore and deepen long-term thinking: http://longnow.org/membership Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longnow Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/longnow Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/longnow
More from this channel
-
3:18
Mechanicrawl - Saturday July 12, 02008
-
2:02
Digital Accuracy
-
3:40
02009 Rosetta Site Intro by Laura Welcher
-
1:32
Gavin Newsom, Seminars About Long-term Thinking - excerpt
-
5:57
Chris Patil full Ignite Talk, Member Summit 02016
-
5:12
Before the Internet: Bulletin Board Systems — Jason Scott at The Interval, 02015
-
6:48
Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About CRISPR | Renee Wegrzyn
-
1:41
Could Cryptoeconomics Help Fix the Economy?