Long Now Member Ya'el Shatz reveals the layers of dust that connect us all to each other -- past, present, and future. With thousands of members from all around the world, the Long Now community has a wide range of perspectives, stories, and experiences to offer. We're excited to showcase our annual curated set of short Ignite Talks created and given by the Long Now Members themselves. Presenting on the subjects of their choice, speakers have precisely 5 minutes to amuse, educate, enlighten, or inspire the audience. Our speakers and their talks: Natasha Blum: Famous Last Words: Self-Discovery for Life, Death, and Rebirth Dave Elfving: My AI Co-Teacher Altay Guvench: Ultraviolet Exploration: Fluorescence in Nature Trevor Haldenby: Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Fossil? Andra Keay: Robotopia Alyssa Ravasio: Recreation for Restoration Jason Roberts: To State The Obvious: Addressing History's Blind Spot Ya'el Shatz: From Dirt to Treasure Sarah Cameron Sunde: Tides As Metaphor: Proposals Toward Living on Tidal Time Diane Tate: Oral History and Human Connection Natalia Vasquez: Visualizing Climate Futures Jason Winn: Stories as Ancient Maps: A Tale Told for Ten Thousand Five Hundred Years Connie Yang: Nonagenarians Doing Shit More than 12,000 people across 65+ countries are members of The Long Now Foundation. Our membership includes students, CEOs, writers, scientists, parents, politicians, musicians, artists, naturalists, journalists, professionals, farmers, explorers, astronauts and more. The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility and we are entirely supported by donors and members. Membership connects you to a whole world of ideas, people and projects working to make a better future and your support will help inspire long-term thinking for generations to come. Subscribe to our podcasts: http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast Explore the full series: http://longnow.org/seminars More ideas on long-term thinking: http://blog.longnow.org/ The Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Our projects include a 10,000 Year Clock, endangered language preservation, thousand year+ data storage, and Long Bets, an arena for accountable predictions. Become a Long Now member to support this series, join our community, and connect with our ongoing work to explore and deepen long-term thinking: http://longnow.org/membership Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longnow Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/longnow Subscribe to our channel: null