# How Do We Build a Civilization That Thinks Long Term by Samuel Arbesman > “How do we best build a civilization that is galvanized by long-term thinking?” > **— Samuel Arbesman**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Samuel Arbesman](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27567) — Samuel Arbesman's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-158). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Civilizational Continuity Circuit|Civilizational Continuity Circuit]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “How do we best build a civilization that is galvanized by long-term thinking?” — Samuel Arbesman, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-samuel-arbesman-we-build-civilization-that-thinks ```