Source: File:Amber's notes from my 1000-Year Institution session.gif

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These hand-drawn graphical notes, scanned in and reconstructed, reflect several areas of discussion: examples of [long-lasting](/perseverance) institutions and practices, ideas from the film [The Upward Spiral](/The_Upward_Spiral) on how to act "upstream" to create a large impact from small actions, lessons from [Octavia Butler](/Octavia_Butler)'s story about the fictional religion of [Earthseed](/Earthseed), and more general thoughts on religion and the rapid [change](/change) that characterizes our time.

One of the harder-to-make-out passages, linked to the letter B, reads "In current times, meaning is quickly eroded - how to keep it stable?"  This links to the discussion of the core principles we seek to maintain.  If a very long-lived institution or practice loses the meaning it was originally given, it may become pointless.