Reply to post: Re: Instilling new timeframes of thought in a world beset by faster/shorter.

The Wristwatch of the Long Now: When your MTBF is two centuries

imanidiot Silver badge

Re: Instilling new timeframes of thought in a world beset by faster/shorter.

The hiding it away in a mountain is an unfortunate requirement of the here and now. You can't build something like this in a dense urban area and expect it to survive 100 days without around the clock guards, lets alone 10.000 years. It also has a deeper meaning. Visiting the clock will require an effort, a long hike on which to contemplate whatever it is you feel contemplating,

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