Installation Begins on Jeff Bezos’ 10,000-Year Clock

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One of Jeff Bezos’ current passion projects is a 500-ft tall, all-mechanical clock powered by day/night thermal cycles. Construction is now underway on the “symbol for long-term thinking,” as the initial pieces are being lowered and installed within a mountain range in West Texas.

This monument scale Clock is designed to run for ten millennia with minimal maintenance and interruption. The Clock is powered by mechanical energy harvested from the temperature difference from day to night, as well as the people that visit it. The primary materials used in the Clock are special grades of stainless steel, titanium and dry running ceramic ball bearings.
 
I wish I had mountains of money and could do stuff like this. I'd build a giant phallic symbol that is a sun dial, or something like that.
 
steakman1971 said:
I wish I had mountains of money and could do stuff like this. I'd build a giant phallic symbol that is a sun dial, or something like that.
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And launch it into space (or LEO), for posterity and a sundial would work especially well in space where there is no atmospheric dispersion to make it less accurate ;).
 
This actually wasn't his idea, but he heard about it and funded it if not mistaken. I think the clock is great.
 
Thats cool. If time really existed, seeing how its only a tool for measurement that humans created.
 
DedEmbryonicCe11 said:
I don't see much point in this unless the walls of the mountain are carved with pictographs detailing the maintenance processes for our post-apocalyptic descendants.
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Thats ok I am sure lots of people didnt see the point in the Big Ben, the Hoover Dam, or any other number of large projects.
 
It'll be forgotten about in 5 years. And in 10 years, some "news' outlet will rediscover it and run a story about it.
 
WhoMe said:
And launch it into space (or LEO), for posterity and a sundial would work especially well in space where there is no atmospheric dispersion to make it less accurate ;).
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That's the ultimate goal of SpaceX,

Spacedick.
 
Lot of salty people here talking about Bezos's money. At least he's not launching a car into space. Am I right?
 
kju1 said:
Spacepr0n? Sign me up.
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I mean, lack of gravity probably does great things for curves (no need for support... zero G giggling...) and of course they'd be able to totally step up their positions game...

Sigh...

Anyways...

I think it's time to get back to work...
 
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If Bezos wanted to impress me with his long-term thinking, he'd've had Max Boot thrown from the roof of the tallest building he owns.

Vanity projects for bored billionaires. People never fail to disappoint.
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Blue Origin bought Bezos a lot of room for vanity projects, IMO. As a matter of fact, I seem to recall normies saying Blue Origin was a vanity project for a bored billionaire.

Which was a pretty stupid thing to say about a guy whose high school valedictorian speech was about how he wanted to get into space.

Lately I think we're copying an awful lot from the Romans.
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Immigration and labor policy spring to mind.

Lot of salty people here talking about Bezos's money. At least he's not launching a car into space. Am I right?
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Musk is kindof a badass, too. Personally I dig these space-bound billionaires. More power to 'em.
 
tempertantrum said:
I mean, lack of gravity probably does great things for curves (no need for support... zero G giggling...) and of course they'd be able to totally step up their positions game...

Sigh...

Anyways...

I think it's time to get back to work...
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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, zero g recreational activities are overrated...speaking of work.
 
Neal Stephenson is involved in this project and his novel Anathem is based in part on that experience. It has multiple clocks like this. Good read.
 
zamardii12 said:
Lot of salty people here talking about Bezos's money. At least he's not launching a car into space. Am I right?
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I don't see any salted money, just flavoring how he spends it. I mean, "...a non-profit dedicated to encouraging long-term thinking and responsibility." by building an inspirational clock is dubious at best.

kju1 said:
I got your point, I just dont agree with it.
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You need to learn how to disagree then.
 
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Yeah the sarcasm slipped by me, too. I think it was Big Ben/Hoover Dam combo that did it. I mean...it's just a friggin' big clock, right?
 
Morlock said:
Yeah the sarcasm slipped by me, too. I think it was Big Ben/Hoover Dam combo that did it. I mean...it's just a friggin' big clock, right?
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No, it's an inspirational clock, containing the messages of of charity, philanthropy, human welfare and selflessness. It's enough to make you cry if you think about it.
 
What's up with people hating this? This project is awesome! Maybe everyone just needs to get back into their car that they have to lease because it will cost tens of thousands to fix in three years and talk on their phone that will only last two years?
 
I wasn't hating on anything. I just think it's silly to assume there will be humans technically capable of maintaining this clock for the next 10,000 years at the rate we're going.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...gain-paradise-island-status-with-mass-cleanup
^This is how we've been treating our planet thus far so it's naive to think building a 10,000 year clock is a higher priority than coming up with solutions to basic human behaviors that jeopardize future generations from ever existing.
 
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