Stewart Brand Quotes

Civilization Is Revving Itself Into A Pathologically Short Attention Span. The Trend Might Be Coming From The Acceleration Of Technology, The Short-horizon Perspective Of Market-driven Economics, The Next-election Perspective Of Democracies, Or The Distractions Of Personal Multitasking. All Are On The Increase. Some Sort Of Balancing Corrective To The Short-sightedness Is Needed - Some Mechanism Or Myth That Encourages The Long View And The Taking Of Long-term Responsibility, Where "the Long Term" Is Measured At Least In Centuries.

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