Meet the creators of the Whole Earth Catalog and the community they inspired. This video history of the Whole Earth culture covers 50 years of collective innovation - from the first Whole Earth Catalogs to the CoEvolution Quarterly, the Whole Earth Review, the Hackers Conference, the WELL, Cyberthon, Wired, Burning Man and the 10,000 Year Clock, to name but a few.
This video retrospective features many creative minds and thought leaders: Stewart Brand, Jay Baldwin, Lloyd Kahn, Ted Nelson, Doug Adams, Steven Levy, Andy Hertzfeld, Howard Rheingold, Jaron Lanier, Wavy Gravy, Kevin Kelly, Larry Harvey and Danny Hillis (in order of appearance). These people have one thing in common: they gave access to tools and ideas to help people bring their dreams to life - and change the world together.
Whole Earth Flashbacks was created by Fabrice Florin, with the help of over 60 community members, who are listed in the credits below. Our video premiered at the 50th Anniversary of the Whole Earth Catalog on October 13, 2018, at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Many thanks to Stewart Brand, Ryan Phelan, Danica Remy, the Point Foundation and all the amazing volunteers who organized this event and made this community creation possible!
This is an open-source documentary, which we hope will keep evolving over time, so that it may inspire people to take action for the next 10,000 years! Contact us with any comments or questions about this project: wholeearthmultimedia@gmail.com.
Learn more: fabriceflorin.com/2018/10/14/whole-earth-flashbacks/
Watch the full-length video (35 minutes)
Watch the short version of the video (17 minutes)
Learn about the filmmaker, Fabrice Florin
Learn about the Whole Earth 50th Anniversary
We are deeply grateful to all our gracious contributors for donating their content and time to this community production. You inspire us! Here is our credit roll for this project:
Producer/Director: Fabrice Florin
Executive Producers: Stewart Brand, Ryan Phelan
Video Editors: Fabrice Florin, Ahmed Kabil, David Lawrence
Sound/Music Consultant: Jim McKee, Earwax
Researchers: Robert Horvitz, Susan Ryan
Story Consultant: Mark Petrakis
Production Crew: Matisse Enzer, Phyllis Florin
VIDEOS
Ecological Design: Christopher Zelov / Brian Danitz
Lama Commune / Saline Valley: Stewart Brand
Inside the Catalog: Lloyd Kahn
Demise Party: Ant Farm, Raindance, Media Access Center, Media Burn Archive
Hackers: Fabrice Florin
WELL Party: David Kennard, InCA Productions
Cyberthon: Cyberthon Doc Squad, KO Beckman, David Lawrence, Michael Naimark
Wired: Kevin Kelly, Louis Rossetto, Wired
About Long Now: Long Now Foundation
10,000 Year Clock: Jimmy Goldblum, Public Record
Revive & Restore: Ryan Phelan, Revive & Restore
Earth Footage: NASA, International Space Station
MUSIC
Chocolate Coffe Pot: David Gans
Logical One: Rama Kolesnikow, Cruelty Free Sound
Bell Studies: Brian Eno
Eternal Structures: Asher Fulero
Vision: Christopher Willits, Ghostly International
PHOTOS
Stewart Brand, Matisse Enzer, Kevin Kelly, Ryan Phelan, Danica Remy, Howard Rheingold and David Wills contributed the most images. Other photo contributors include: Jeanne Campbell, Hilarie Coate, John Coate, Vickisa Feinberg, James Fulton, Carolyn Garcia, Matt Herron, Art Kleiner, Isabella Kirkland, Tiffany Lee Brown, Kathleen O'Neill, Tom Parker, Alexander Rose, Don Ryan, Susan Ryan and many more!
SPECIAL THANKS
Diana Connolly, Colleen Fiaschetti, Isabella Kirkland, Art Kleiner, John Markoff, Danica Remy, Alexander Rose, Peter Schwartz, Jason Sussberg, Andrew Warner
For links to contributor sites, check this page: fabriceflorin.com/2018/10/14/whole-earth-flashbacks/
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