Comment by margalabargala
7 days ago
> The Long Now foundation built a clock to last 10,000 years
The Long Now Foundation is attempting to build a clock to last 10,000 years.
Construction began close to a decade ago, and there is no estimated completion date. Construction of the clock may well last 10,000 years.
I think at one point the Van Horn TX clock was considered a "prototype" or another one that would be built incorporating lessons learned, although I don't know if that's still the plan.
Coincidentally the clock will ring with a cycle of chimes that repeats every 10,000 years
> The Long Now Foundation is attempting to build a clock to last 10,000 years.
The pyramids are only half that old, and they've accumulated a fair bit of damage despite being solid stone.