Ambient music composer Brian Eno recalls how he and Stewart Brand joined up to co-found The Long Now Foundation.

Eno says his interest in long-term thinking was sparked by moving to a dysfunctional New York in 1978, where city dwellers were stuck in the “short now.”

The Long Now Foundation was established in 1996 to provide counterpoint to today’s “faster/cheaper” mind set and promote “slower/better” thinking.

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Brian Eno is a musician, composer and producer of audio and visual landscapes. Eno’s synthesizer work and electronic manipulation of audio textures was first featured during the early 1970’s as a founding member of Roxy Music. His solo and collaborative musical compositions with John Cale, Robert Fripp and David Bowie have been in circulation world-wide over the last 25 years.Eno has produced records for numerous artists including U2, David Bowie, Jane Siberry and performance artist Laurie Anderson, executive produced the “Help” benefit album, and performed with Pavarotti, Bono and The Edge at 1995’s Modena Festival to benefit the War Child charitable organization.