Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand was a pioneer in the environmental movement in the 60s – his Whole Earth Catalog became the Bible for sustainable living, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. Brand is President of The Long Now Foundation and chairs the foundation's Seminars About Long-term Thinking.
“We are as gods and might as well get good at it.”
Stewart Brand
“Art flouts convention. Convention became convention because it works.”
Stewart Brand
“[On technology:] A realm of intimate, personal power is developing -- power of the individual to conduct his own education, find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested.”
Stewart Brand
“The product of careful continuity is love....Trust, intimacy, intense use, and time are what made these buildings work so well.”
Stewart Brand
“Climate change. Urbanization. Biotechnology. Those three narratives, still taking shape, are developing a long arc likely to dominate this century.”
Stewart Brand
“A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.”
Stewart Brand
“Information wants to be free.”
Stewart Brand
“Science is the only news. When you scan a news portal or magazine, all the human interest stuff is the same old he-said-she-said, the politics and economics the same cyclical dramas, the fashions a pathetic illusion of newness; even the technology is predictable if you know the science behind it. Human nature doesn't change much; science does, and the change accrues, altering the world irreversibly”
Stewart Brand
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”
Stewart Brand