You know, even though The Long Now Foundation is very hippie-esque and the idea was cooked up in the head of a guy who used to play synthezisers in make-up in a band with Bryan Ferry (I mean, really) I have to say that if we could pull it off, being able to think in terms of the Long Now is probably the single smartest thing we, as a species, can do. Witness this article in the LA Times, called "If only gay sex caused global warming". It seems very on-point.