The Anthropocene as a new planetary epoch has brought to the foreground the deep-time interconnections of human agency with the earth system. Yet despite this recognition of strong temporal interdependencies, we still lack understanding of how societal and political organizations can manage interconnections that span several centuries and dozens of generations. This study pioneers the analysis of what we call “deep-time organizations.” We provide detailed comparative historical analyses of some of the oldest existing organizations worldwide from a variety of sectors, from the world’s oldest bank (Sveriges Riksbank) to the world’s oldest university (University of Al Quaraouiyine) and the world’s oldest dynasty (Imperial House of Japan). Based on our analysis, we formulate 12 initial design principles that could lay, if supported by further empirical research along similar lines, the basis for the construction and design of “deep-time organizations” for long-term challenges of earth system governance and planetary stewardship.

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深度组织：从历史中了解机构的长寿

人类新纪元作为一个新的行星时代，将人类机构与地球系统的深层联系推到了前台。尽管认识到强烈的时间上的相互依存关系，我们仍然缺乏对社会和政治组织如何管理跨越几个世纪和几十代人的联系的理解。这项研究开创了我们所谓的“深度组织”的分析。我们提供了来自世界各个地区的最古老的现有组织的详细比较历史分析，这些组织包括世界上最古老的银行（Sveriges Riksbank）到世界上最古老的大学（Al Quaraouiyine大学）和世界上最古老的王朝（日本日本皇室） ）。根据我们的分析，我们制定了12项初步设计原则，