Saturday, June 13, 2020

Consider the long now.


I like the idea of a clock that will run for 10,000 years.
One is being built in West Texas.
It is programmed to play a different tune each day for 10,000 years -if someone is there to wind up the mechanism and occasionally if no-one winds it up.
It would be worth making a pilgrimage to hear a tune that will never be repeated.

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