
Spare a Thought for the Distant Future
The actions we take today could have consequences for millions or even billions of years to come
Leonid Solovyev is director of operations for the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, dedicated to advancing our understanding of the universe at the deepest levels. Its Breakthrough Prizes honor important achievements in fundamental physics, life sciences and mathematics and are sponsored by Sergey Brin, Pony Ma, Julia and Yuri Milner, Anne Wojcicki, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg.
The actions we take today could have consequences for millions or even billions of years to come
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