I just found out today that The Long Now Foundation (originally founded to build a 10,000 year clock) http://www.longnow.org http://www.longnow.org/projects/clock/ also acts as a stakeholder for long bets (not odds but time) http://www.longbets.org/bets If you were putting a long proposition on the table, what would it be?
Cool site - some big names on there. I know Mitch Kapor, cool but a slightly odd guy... funny to see his name atop the list!
I'm thinking 'long' on the scarcity of potable water and how valuable[ie,therefore protected] clean water could become. cheers,literally RE
How long before the government forces everyone to live in an urban area within multi-family housing (more efficient) and living out in the countryside in a single family home becomes illegal? Sadly we are probably not too many decades away from this.