Planning ahead

"When I was a child, people used to talk about what would happen by the year 2000. For the next thirty years they kept talking about what would happen by the year 2000, and now no one mentions a future date at all. The future has been shrinking by one year per year for my entire life. I think it is time for us to start a long-term project that gets people thinking past the mental barrier of an ever-shortening future.”
Daniel Hillis, The Long Now Foundation

With plans to build a 10,000 year clock, a site for placing centuries-long bets and other keen long-term projects, the Long Now Foundation is worth a look.