The "Long Now Foundation" is a project set up by a bunch of visionaries (including Brian Eno) who've got their mind set on.... well something way beyond our human horizon... In times of disaster-prone media and climate change doomsday preachers, it's refreshing to look a bit over the shoulders of the next 2 or 3 generations. Their best-known project is an attempt to build a clock for accurate time-keeping that will work for 10.000 years...
In particular, for those interested in long-term gambling and huge prize-money, cast your bet on http://www.longbets.org/
We love this one:
By the year 2150, over 50% of schools in the USA or Western Europe will require classes in defending against robot attacks.
