Stewart Brand

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:active_years_end present
gptkbp:active_years_start gptkb:1960
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Wired_Magazine
gptkb:The_Long_Now_Foundation
gptkbp:award gptkb:Art_Prize
gptkb:The_Whole_Earth_Prize
gptkbp:birth_date 1938-12-14
gptkbp:birth_name gptkb:Stewart_Brand
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_USA
gptkbp:children Katherine Brand
gptkbp:contribution Environmentalism
Digital culture
Sustainability advocacy
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:Counterculture_movement
Technology and ecology advocacy
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Global_Business_Network
gptkb:Long_Now_Foundation
The WELL
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stewart Brand
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/ Stewart_ Brand_2010.jpg/800px-Stewart_ Brand_2010.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Open-source_movement
Sustainable development
Environmental design
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Marshall_Mc_Luhan
gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:The_Whole_Earth_Catalog
gptkb:Long_Now_Foundation
gptkbp:known_for Promoting open access to information
Advocating for environmental sustainability
gptkbp:notable_quote The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
You can't just sit back and wait for the future to happen.
Information wants to be free.
We are as gods and might as well get good at it.
The long-term future is a lot more important than the short-term future.
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Clock_of_the_Long_Now
gptkb:How_Buildings_Learn
gptkb:Whole_Earth_Catalog
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activists
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:Entrepreneur
gptkbp:residence gptkb:San_Francisco,_California,_USA
gptkbp:spouse Lois Jennings
gptkbp:website http://stewartbrand.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Long_Now_Foundation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5