SELECTIONS FROM THE MANUAL FOR CIVILIZATION
COLLECTION OF BOOKS TO RESTART CIVILIZATION, 2014
THE LONG NOW FOUNDATION (US)
This collection of books contains selections from the Manual for Civilization, assembled by the Long Now Foundation and housed in The Interval in San Francisco, California. The full collection, when completed, will contain around 3,500 volumes to help restart civilization. The books are collected in four categories: Rigorous Science Fiction, The Mechanics of Civilization (how-to books), The Cultural Canon (works of literature, philosophy, religious texts), and Long-term Thinking and Futurism. Once the collection is full, new books can be added only by voting another book off the shelves. Over time, the conversation about what is in and out of the collection, and why, will become one of the most important aspects of the collection.
BIO
The Long Now Foundation was established in 1996 to develop the 10,000 Year Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today's accelerating culture and help make long-term thinking more common. Through their projects and programmes, they hope to foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.