Language, Culture, and Long-Term Thinking

What can a mosquito teach us about time? Noone likes a mosquito bite — but for a brief moment when it stings you, you know you are alive. Humans are temporal beings, but across cultures, our concepts of time are vastly different. This event explores what we can learn from science, philosophy and Indigenous perspectives that can alter experiences of and attitudes to time, to make better decisions for the future.

This event was recorded at the Sophia Club in London on 17 October 2024.

Speakers

Richard FisherAuthor, The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees TimeSenior editor, Aeon Media

Ande SombyYoik singerAssociate Professor of Law, The Arctic University of Norway

Brigid Hains (host)Editorial director, Aeon Media