Attention spans are increasingly shorter as a result of the accelerated technologies, market-driven economics, and multi-tasking common in our current civilization. Statements like win this election, sell this merchandise, or finish by this date are focused on the “now,” which is relegated to days, years and at most decades. A group of forward looking technologists - including Chris Anderson, Brian Eno, and Kevin Kelly - created The Long Now Foundation in response to the emphasis on near-term goals.

Rather than planning for “now” or “nowadays,” the foundation seeds thought processes for a span of 20,000 years labeled as “The Long Now.” The Long Now currently hosts a series of seminars aimed toward making long-term thinking automatic. Other projects include collecting linguistic data, ensuring conversion and protection of data formats, and also a clock monument dedicated to long term thinking.

Link to [The Long Now Foundation]