Am I the only person who thinks 21 centuries is pretty short time period

100 years each... it is so little.

Yet we humans achieved so much and destroyed so much too.

I know this isn't counting before Jesus Christ.

100 years is so little.

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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

Have you heard of the long now foundation? It was created in 01996 (leading zero for future computerized sorting) with the idea that we should foster the idea of longer term thinking. That the next ten thousand years is the long now. https://longnow.org/

I can't say whether they are noble long term thinkers or just rich people with grandiose ideas about how important they could be in the future as a way to ignore the short term issues of now. I never looked that deeply into them. I haven't even thought about the group in years, but the thought that 100 years is so short a time reminded me of them.

Miram · 31-35, F

@ViciDraco That is interesting,but since we cannot even orderly plan and cooperate and manage our problems for the next decade, it is too idealistic to be planning for the next thousand years.. even among rich tech elites' interests,it seems to be unrealistic. Too much conflict of interests and beliefs.

ViciDraco · 41-45, M

@Miram definitely idealistic. Trying to imagine convincing broader society to consider even a year into the future is almost impossible. But the ripple effect would have a magnitude in proportion to its seeming infeasibility.