What can we learn from extremely old institutions?
What can we learn from extremely old institutions?
The Long Now Foundation has some fascinating stats on long-lived institutions.
Society has a fascination with people who are 100+ years old.
Whenever we hear of a centenarian, we inevitably try to figure out how they did it, dissecting their diet, daily routine, and priorities.
But that same curiosity seems to be lacking for long-lived institutions.
Thankfully, we have The Long Now Foundation
Established in 1996, the San Francisco-based non-profit seeks to promote long-term thinking. It recently released some data on long-lived institutions.