Do you know how hard it is to write an essay about AI in 2026 for a print publication? How much can change in between writing and press time?
Well, imagine how hard it is to write on the record for 10,000 years.
You should buy a copy of Pace Layers Issue 3, so you can keep track of whether I was wrong or right. I expect some of you will be around long enough to really get my ass
Issue 3 of Pace Layers, our annual print journal, is now available for preorder! New subscribers get Issue 2 free while supplies last.
This year's issue asks: What does long-term thinking look like in practice? One answer is maintenance — what Long Now cofounder @stewartbrand calls "the whole grand process of keeping a thing going."
Shipping Nov 17. Learn more and subscribe here: https://shop.longnow.org/products/pacelayers-subscription— Long Now Foundation (@longnow) October 1, 2026
