Indy Johar is cofounder of Dark Matter Labs and of the RIBA award winning architecture and urban practice Architecture00. He is also a founding director of Open Systems Lab, seeded WikiHouse (open source housing) and Open Desk (open source furniture company). Indy is a non-executive international Director of the BloxHub, the Nordic Hub for sustainable urbanization. He is on the advisory board for the Future Observatory and is part of the committee for the London Festival of Architecture. He is also a fellow of the London Interdisciplinary School. |
Tonight in his Long Now Talk Civilizational Optioneering, Indy Johar proposes that civilization’s longevity depends less on stability or efficiency, and more on optionality. To survive the long now, we must transition to an "optioneering" architecture. By valuing adaptation over control, we can build a civilization capable of coherence in motion. |
Tune in to the livestream at 7:00pm PT tonight to watch and take part in the Q&A.
We will have a walk up line for any tickets that are released by members before the talk. The walk-up line starts at 6:30pm and is first come, first served. If you are a Long Now member, two tickets are free. Tickets for the general public cost $25 each. |
Tuesday, Feb 17, 02026 at 7:00 PT
Finally, something good from acclaimed designer Stefan Sagmeister. Short term social media and hourly news create an impression of a world out of control and an overall outlook of doom. Sagmeister's design work looks at the world with a long-term perspective that suggests that almost any aspect concerning humanity seems to get better. |
Wednesday, Mar 18, 02026 at 7:00 PT
Author and professor Melody Jue works across the fields of ocean humanities, media theory, science and science fiction. Her talk Ocean Memory will look at how the chemosensation of sea life like abalone, kelp, and coral shapes what we know about the ocean, and how we can more deeply understand its present and future.
Tickets on sale soon
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