While some far smaller working prototypes have been made, this is the first full-sized version of the clock to be built. He also started the Long Now Foundation back in 1996 to help make his 10,000 years clock a reality. Since then he has done some pretty cool stuff, like building super computers, working on Disney rides and building autonomous dinosaur robots. The clock itself is designed by computer scientist and entrepreneur, Danny Hillis, who first conceived of the idea back in 1986. But it will apparently be open to the public once its finished. We are providing a mechanical interface into those chambers that provides those future builders with power and the correct Clock triggering events,” Bezos wrote at the time.Īt the present time there is no completion date scheduled for the 10,000 year clock.
“ will instead leave those to future generations. However, we do know that the team behind the project will not create the animations for the remaining anniversary chambers. There are also apparently plans to create an animation for the 10-year cycle but we don’t have details on that yet. The one year chamber will reportedly include a model of the solar system and each year it will run the animation. FYIyaUIbdJ- Jeff Bezos FebruAnniversary chambersĪccording to t he plans, the clock will contain five ‘room-sized anniversary chambers’ for the 1 year, 10 year, 100 year, 1,000 year, and 10,000 year anniversaries of the clock’s completion.
Installation has begun-500 ft tall, all mechanical, powered by day/night thermal cycles, synchronized at solar noon, a symbol for long-term thinking-the #10000YearClock is coming together thx to the genius of Danny Hillis, Zander Rose & the whole Clock team! Enjoy the video. “If a Clock can keep going for ten millennia, shouldn’t we make sure our civilization does as well? If the Clock keeps going after we are personally long dead, why not attempt other projects that require future generations to finish?” If you have a Clock ticking for 10,000 years what kinds of generational-scale questions and projects will it suggest?” “Part of the answer: just so people will ask this question, and having asked it, prompt themselves to conjure with notions of generations and millennia. “Why would anyone build a Clock inside a mountain with the hope that it will ring for 10,000 years?” the Long Now website asks. But the purpose of the clock is supposed to encourage people to think about the long-term future of the human race. If hollowing out a mountain to build a multi-millennia time piece sounds like supervillain areas, we can’t blame you for that. The 500ft structure has been designed to keep time for 10,000 years and will only tick one per year and chime once per millennium. Bezos has reportedly contributed at least $US42 million to the project. This isn’t news, but it is a fact that some people tend to either not know or have completely forgotten.Ĭalled the Clock of the Long now and has been under construction within a mountain on property Jeff Bezos owns in Texas since 2018. Jeff Bezos’ 10,000 Year Clock of the Long Now We thought this would be a good opportunity to remind you that he is also building a 10,000 year clock inside a mountain.
In February Jeff Bezos announced he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon.
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