Links and bibliography

The Present Continuous

Four Dimensionalism
Four dimensionalism defends the contrary position to presentism. In other words, that objects that are not here and now exist “somewhere else”. This article analyses this position in depth from the viewpoints of contemporary metaphysics and analytical philosophy.
Long Bets
Intellectuals and experts make predictions on what the not-so-near future will be like.
Long Now Essays: A Time of Transition. The Human Connection
A brief essay by Hillis defending the need to think based on long time intervals, extending our concept of the “now”.
Royal Observatory Greenwich
The official website of the observatory with several features relating to time, such as the Time Galleries which are “the first stage of the Time and Space Project - a dramatic redevelopment of the Royal Observatory. The new galleries explore our need for accurate timekeeping and the role it plays in our everyday lives.”
The Impossibility of Temporal Relations Between Non-Identical Times
A philosophical argument on why the only really existing time is the present, according to the theory known as presentism.
The Long Now Foundation
A Foundation whose aim is to reconsider our relationship with time and rethink our actions from other time scales.