Clock of the Long Now
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The Clock of the Long Now, also called the 10,000-year clock, is a mechanical clock under construction that is designed to keep time for 10,000 years. It is being built by the Long Now Foundation. A t
The first prototype, on display at the Science Museum in London, 2005
Sierra Diablo
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The Sierra Diablo is a small mountain range in the US state of Texas, extending north and south along the border between Hudspeth and Culberson counties. It is in the Chihuahuan Desert, and is near Va
Clock of the Long Now
…full-scale prototype clock is being funded by Jeff Bezos's investment firm Bezos Expeditions, with $42 million, and is on land which Bezos owns in the Sierra Diablo mountains in Texas. In the words of Stewart Brand, a founding board member of the foundation, "Such a clock, if sufficiently impressive and well-engineered…
Sierra Diablo range with eponymous ranch marker in the foreground