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2 Dec, 4 tweets, 3 min read

THREAD: A large part of Long Now’s work in 02020 focused on how to bring long-term thinking to a broader, more global audience. This Giving Season, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Long Now to help us continue this work: longnow.org/support/ #LongNow02020

In April, we used the necessary suspension of large in-person gatherings to bring an even larger global audience together virtually—with free and open talks that continue today. #LongNow02020

In an effort to bring the quality our audience has come to expect from our in-person events, we transformed our Long Now talks into richly-produced multimedia storytelling experiences. #LongNow02020

In the Summer, we made all of our past Long Now talks available for free on YouTube. Anyone can now access hundreds of hours of talks on long-term thinking here: youtube.com/longnow #LongNow02020

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