Stewart Brand is president of The Long Now Foundation and co-founder of its โRevive & Restore.โ He created and edited the Whole Earth Catalog, winner of a National Book Award, and co-founded the Hackers Conference, The WELL, and Global Business Network. His books include โThe Clock of the Long Now,โ โHow Buildings Learn,โ and โThe Media Lab.โ His most recent book is titled โWhole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto.โ He graduated with a degree in biology from Stanford and served as an Infantry officer.