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You found me. Work-wise, I'm CEO of AdMonsters, a professional association and conference series that I founded in 1999, co-founder of PrefPass, and co-founder of CreditCovers. I do a bunch of other things as well - have a look around. I don't really write much here though, so don't look for too much of that...

…but this makes for interesting reading. Jeff Bezos and the folks at the Long Now Foundation (of which Paul Hawken is also a member) funded the creation of Long Bets, a forum for long-term predictions (and wagering thereon).

The Long Now Foundation is best known for sponsoring the design and construction of a clock capable of operating over the span of 10,000 years. They have already built a prototype and purchased land for the site. The Foundation also funds the Rosetta Project, the goal of which is to compile a “contemporary version of the historic Rosetta Stone”. The project has already resulted in the largest collection of linguistic data available on the internet — no small feat.

Why is any of this interesting? Isn’t it just a bunch of dot-com dropouts amusing themselves at their own expense? I don’t think so. This group has set out to create not only symbols but also concrete science that has value in very long-term timeframes, in the hopes of fostering broader thinking outside of our own individual generational boxes.

It is interesting that no government or organized religion has laid out concrete goals for the next 10,000 years, or even the next 1,000, although the fact that religion has some continuity over those time scales has led many to speculate that a “religion” of some sort might be the best oganizational vehicle for ensuring the viability of the Long Now clock.

As we get ready to head down to Zacatecas for spring break, Bush is getting ready to get busy in the desert. Most distressing of all are the long term implications for international relations — check out The Xanax Cowboy — and our own economy (not to mention of course the Iraqi people, etc).

In the meantime, once we get back from Mexico, I’ll be heading out to the APA annual conference in Denver to get a feel for what the heck it is that planners actually do… and then back here to start looking around for a house in Madison.

Latest linguistic candy: Wordspy, and the Google Zeitgeist.

Which makes it difficult to follow the sun outside. Good the thing the local wine shop has a “wall of 100″ bottles under $10. This stuff has is a recent favorite of mine.

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