How This Clock Will Last for The Next 10,000 Years

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[@Paigerverse]

This is probably how Stonehenge came about

[@malthebk813]

Paigerverse explain Please om curious

[@edenli6421]

Malthe Bæk Stonehenge is a mystery but aligns with stars, possibly an ancient version of this clock

[@jokuvaan5175]

@@edenli6421 Except that it can't tell time so it's not a clock. If it's set to align with celestial events like winter sultuce or constellations it's more like an observatory.

[@adolfodef]

@@jokuvaan5175 So... it DOES tell you the "time of the _season/year_ . . . " You are a bit exclusivist/racist about the definition of a "clock" based solely on the "rate" of the update (a sundial only works 1/2 of the time; it is STILL a clock ).

[@jokuvaan5175]

@@adolfodef Well it really just comes down to how you define a clock. A calender would be a much better description then in my opinion. But maybe it usef to even have a sun clock. 🤷🏻

[@syncout9586]

A secret lair inside a mountain....Jeff Bezos is a literal comic book villain

[@build2270]

And it sounds like something i would build in Minecraft

[@raypenamora5419]

It reminds me of black Mesa research facility

[@seol3075]

amazon's business plan is called "taking over the world" so makes sense

[@allirix2064]

Ikr

[@Astro-Rabby]

I mean he looks just like Lex Luthor lol

[@Real-ChunkyBrain-]

There's gonna be a religion based around this in 4,000 years

[@jamiewells22]

Snugleufaguse you can make a religion out of this

[@kingsmoove4567]

Jamie Wells No don’t...

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

LMAO

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

truth

[@nekikins4936]

Bezosology

[@kedityt]

Man Jeff gonna have to hike for days just to see if he’s late for a meeting

[@enachioken]

KediT I’m sure he can buy an entire helicopter company to fly him there.

[@blackspore2906]

@@enachioken I'm sure can make a fucking hole in the mountain for an elevator

[@prateekpanwar646]

@@enachiokenWon't heli land on mountain with extreme weather. Or money can change physics

[@Zkako1151]

Im pretty sure he can make a teleport machine he just doesn't want to

[@DaBloons1]

All that and you can’t even tell what time of day it is

[@Jay-cn3js]

Ikr...

[@pascalsteiner9926]

Haha I see the people in 9999 years worrying about the end of the world xD

[@sbalogh53]

Y12K

[@asyraafmz1877]

It's going to be either stolen, or someones gonna start praying to in in 500 years

[@kuunib7325]

Damn that sounds like the library in the desert from Avatar.

[@honestreviewer4864]

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING LOL

[@jayafrosamurai]

Literally thought of sokka during this video lmao

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

YES

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

TOPH IS BLIND

[@NoorquackerInd]

How to make a clock that lasts for 10,000 years: very well controlled nuclear energy and an atomic clock.

[@HuyLy94]

Should also add a component that tracks a pulsar and use that to correct the atomic clock since pulsars keep time more accurately than atomic clocks

[@zugly1999]

until an electronic component in the next 100 years breaks and makes an atomic clock completely useless because thats how electronics works

[@hanro50]

@@zugly1999 Solid state components... Plus if the world ends and the clock can't stay wound for 10000 years... then what's the point...

[@Manie230]

Hanro50 the whole concept is really irritating me. If humans live here n 10000 years they will probably be way more advanced than us. But their historical understandings of our time could be at 100%. Everything that happens in our time is archived in n the internet. And the internet won’t disappear all of the sudden. The only reason this clock makes sense is when humans fall back into Middle Ages. Through some kind of apocalypse and even then what are they going to do with it they see it and then what probably make a religion out of it. And if that clock breaks they think the world is going to end.

[@satriorama4118]

Search myriad year clock. That's the only clock who worked all year around with just only once a year cracking

[@thesunflowchannel1995]

Future people will be like hah they didn't even account for space-time

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

They would probably be impressed on our accuracy in that time, like we are impressed on how ancient people have similar estimates like us today

[@Manie230]

JamesTheFox what do you guys think we have the internet now it’s not like in a few thousand years they think of us as we think about the ancient Greeks they don’t need to have archeologists to uncover our secrets our whole history is written down in the internet. They will probably be able to just search what that clock was build for and that’s it. Just think about how you learn history wich was rather recently. I can just buy speak from my experience but when we learn about Hitler and the second world war we have every information there are some things lost but nowadays everything is archived somewhere in the web. And future generations can access these information. Historians just need to put those informations together for the majority of people to find it in one place. But our civilization won’t be as interesting as the old Greeks.

[@doublemanok6569]

@@Manie230 there's chance that all of it will be forgotten the storage for the internet might degrade over time and might not work or some other incident that would make the servers that saves it all go down

[@Manie230]

sinigang manok na may patatas na may kasamang baboy but that’s a very slim chance and I think that there are many security copies that lay some where in some places.

[@doublemanok6569]

@@Manie230 it is slim but there is still a chance most likely many will be destroyed if there are an nuclear fallout

[@shanmango]

Hold up. doesn't the presence of mountains mean earthquakes? would that not affect the clock?

[@felixdergluckliche3108]

But geological time scales are totally different

[@chikennuget3634]

possible that prescence of mountains doesn’t mean earthquakes, the convection current of magna in the mantle causing the mountain to form can move

[@joeiken3357]

@@chikennuget3634 But the mountain signifies that that area sits on the border between two tectonic plates, which create the earth quakes. Tectonic plates don't just, stop.

[@calebernst8025]

@@joeiken3357 There are no tectonic plates underneath west texas; the closest fault line is the San Andreas - 3 states over. Some smaller scale earthquakes can come from stuff such as fracking (and west texas is well-known for it's oil deposits), but beyond that there isn't much of a risk.

[@joeiken3357]

@@calebernst8025 Oh, right. Yeah. Thanks.

[@perthdude21]

I'm wondering if the requirement for the clock to be manually wound up to keep it going is a good idea. 10,000 years is a very long time. Who knows what could happen over that time. There could be periods where people may not be able to access the clock for whatever reason, or the clock could even be forgotten if some apocalyptic event happens.

[@StabbySabby]

A smart person that knows of it's location could set up a massive library in the lair of the clock and give himself a religious name such as *the Prophet of Knowledge* and encourage those who seek knowledge to find him and when he dies the title is given to his most loyal follower or a family member

[@brosephjames]

It only has to be manually wound to show the time, but it keeps the time internally on its own power. So if nobody winds it for 1000 years, somebody that shows up and winds it will get it working again, and it will automatically update its face to the correct time without having to be set or corrected.

[@perthdude21]

@@brosephjames aaaaah okay

[@samik83]

@@brosephjames So where does it get the power to keep internal time?

[@a__duck]

@@samik83 gravitational potential energy of a massive counterweight that slowly descends as the millennia go by.

[@luis_zuniga]

Yay I'm early Really interesting, never heard of this project. I wonder how much humanity will change in 10,000 years.

[@JamesTheFoxeArt]

Human would be taller than we are today, The tallest Vikings would have been above 5 foot

[@derbrawlstrs7109]

We wont exist that long we are in the end times

[@NatsuCoon]

« This needs to be somewhere on the planet which is remote, difficult to access, etc.. » Jeff Besos: « Oh wow what a coincidence, I just happen to have a ranch in that location »

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

A good clock isn't just one that will last a long time, but it has to be accurate. The most expensive longest lasting clock won't matter if it has to be calibrated every few months.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

this one is accurate though

[@ZaHandle]

a good clock is the one you can actually know the time

[@James_Knott]

​@@ZaHandle Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? kzbin.info/www/bejne/babcYZ-afsRkfqM

[@Elf_Hour]

Agreed, even a broken clock is correct more often than a mis-calibrated clock. Jeff Bezos has said the Long Now Clock calibrates with Solar Noon ... just a guess, but most likely on either the Winter or Summer Solstice. The 'calibrating light' travels down a shaft drilled in the mountain to a sensor on the clock (the engineers were influenced by Stonehenge). The 'Equation of Time' is location based and uses the Analemma Curve, so calibration depends on the specific location of the clock itself (Longitude and Latitude). Yes, yes ...despite what current mainstream thought indicates, a sun dial is the most accurate clock. The big assumption of the Long Now Clock is stable geography for 10,000 years ...

[@MrBbbthomas]

@@Elf_Hour Someone with a brain, Thank you

[@haydenbriggs9685]

This clock will last longer than ~500 generations of your childrens’ children... Wow

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

honestly crazy

[@satoshinakamoto7253]

@@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587 ego

[@COYM_1908]

*people living in poverty all around the globe* *richest man on Earth*: haha clock go tick tock

[@seaweedbanana4663]

Government’s fault

[@SP-ny1fk]

anatomyof.ai ^ should clear up why Bezos is interested in this.

[@gabrielgomescunha]

He is making sure he won't be forgotten

[@itcangetbetter]

I like that 4 of the things it does could be known by opening your eyes outside. This is a quality bunker clock

[@Tremor244]

so what if in like 2000 years no one will care to go and rewind the clock? such a serious flaw tbh, they should make a powersupply that can run the clock for 10000 years.

[@lst1nwndrlnd]

Time cam. Complexity exceeds parameters. Simply awesome.

[@kainethomas8850]

What a comforting voice.

[@purple_purpur7379]

2:39 why does 5. have a different font?

[@connorisme5084]

Quality Content because 5 is quirky

[@nidssrj9175]

I just think that if the clock had feelings, it would have felt lonely

[@rsg282]

Rename this channel to Quarter As Interesting

[@redster2249]

Maybe name it Just As Interesting

[@zugly1999]

3:20 *sad swiss watchmaker noises* as a swiss watchmaker i feel attacked about this! the swiss watch industry is not this horrible! we all make watches that are at least inside 20 seconds a day of inaccuracy!

[@stephencopestake2864]

My 1943 Jaeger Le Coultre Cal 470 used to gain only 1 second a week and if I skipped a wind once a week it was more accurate than that as it lasted 52 hours on a wind, but since it needed a new spring it now needs regulating again and bringing to time as it runs too fast unless I retard the lever all the way and then it runs slow.

[@matheius4668]

3:48 "the flux capacitor what makes time travel possible" - Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown 1985

[@syntaxerorr]

That was a crazy looking cam

[@BlaineK]

Interesting project, and another great video.

[@albertjacobson8015]

Jeff Bezos: "build a 10k year clock that costs 42 million!" Bill Gates:"build a 100k year clock that costs 60 million!"

[@ypatel1070]

Me: just looks at the clock on my phone 😃

[@JONJON-ty8it]

I like this channel because you come up with unique and interesting ideas for videos keep it up man

[@dmitrii7661]

Thanks!

[@DoglinsShadow]

This is probably how the pyramids were made lol

[@crazytraveller8371]

crazy and nice explained sir

[@WingHyung]

I wonder if the clock will be in stock at amazon saying a clock amazon edition

[@elijah4666]

very cool. will visit

[@The22on]

It’s a very optimistic project! It assumes humans will survive another 10,000 years. It reminds me of the plaque and record on Voyager. That also is very optimistic. It assumes some advanced civilisation will find it and follow the map to Earth. Both the Clock and the Voyager projects show the human desire to go beyond time and space.

[@vircervoteksisto5038]

I hope this thing will have pictograms on it explaining how to use because who knows if anyone will still be speaking english in 10k years.

[@sheikyss]

imperial units .... why

[@neillenhart6838]

Because it’s America and it’s so free from universal measurement scales that it just has to be the only one. Makes no sense at all.

[@connorisme5084]

Neil Lenhart it does make silence because MERICA!

[@rmking_beats]

Scientists: designs insanely complicated clock. Me: Alexa... what time is it?

[@Roderickdl]

And the name is awesome, The Clock of the Long Now.

[@Jonius]

Just block the top of the mountain from sunlight, let's see how accurate the clock is then...

[@exploding_pineapples]

Everything about these videos looks like HAI without bad jokes and a different voice.

[@ZaHandle]

So Wendover

[@vernefits1953]

Awesome 10k clock

[@Idintknowmyname]

Hope you have a great day! ❤️

[@silvervens]

Can we have a live stream of the clock!

[@KevinP32270]

hell yeah I'm visiting.

[@advaitgokhale9436]

5:52 So... Where are the minutes and seconds?

[@KermisVoyager1997]

Does the center star map in the clock have to be constantly changed by humans to match the precession and proper motion that shifts the stars and constellations?

[@zggtf211]

Something I noticed on your video is that it sounds like the location you said was West, Texas, the site of the 2013 West Fertilizer Company explosion whereas the actual location is in WestERN Texas.

[@MasonKelsey]

Using the wobble of the earth, the North Star provides a point on a circle in the sky that can be used to represents an analog clock. This axial precession takes about 25,771.5 and if we would think of there being an enormous 12 hour analog clock in the sky each "hour", dividing by 12, would take about 2,148 years, or 1° along this circle every 72 years. A tunnel could be cut facing the axial north and a face for this "clock" could be fixed into the walls of the tunnel which would provide accuracy in 72 year increments. It would be accurate as it has no moving parts and the wobble of the earth is frictionless, so there is nothing that could wear out. I recommend adding this to the chamber made for your clock. In about 13,000 years Vega will be the new "North Star".

[@DerMitbewohner]

i'll visit in one of my next lives, to see how it holds up .. ;)

[@khaliltheenlightenmentbomb3423]

Nice...

[@vlogsthroughthepinhole2789]

How often will it require to wind those weights? Humans may not survive that long to keep winding those weights? Pretty dumb project if you ask me!

[@neuromancer8796]

maybe you can come up with a better idea mr.smart

[@samik83]

@@neuromancer8796 Use wind power to wind it up

[@czechslovakian]

Use the power generated from the cylinders to wound up the cylinders

[@dantran160]

@@czechslovakian that breaks the first law of themo dynamics, perhaps geothermal would be better

[@rubensteinfinsteraarhorn9028]

@@dantran160 Pretty dumb if you ask me, use nuclear energy instead!

[@askhowiknow5527]

That is South Texas. Even though it’s west of Austin I’ve never heard anyone call that “West Texas”. West Texas is northwest, where the dirt starts to turn red

[@YuriMaiaSFernandes]

This is like an modern Antikythera Mechanism

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

Reminds me somewhat of the great clock in Anathem by Neil Stephenson

[@zakiducky]

Ironically enough, I’m watching this just as Bill Gates took the top spot again.

[@findlvrg4276]

And one pandemic later and Jeff is back on top. I wonder who or what will be on top in ten thousand years... Or if economics as we know it will even exist?

[@tofudelivery8101]

Chrono24 buyer: I'll give you $10 for it

[@HistoricalWeapons]

gonna get stolen by thieves for few thousand bucks for scrap metal

[@braininavatnow9197]

What is the scrap value?

[@ShadowHunter120]

I kind of want to learn how to keep such a clock.

[@jana31415]

I think i will visit it

[@franksu3359]

nice video

[@RoyontheHill]

Ok Jeff ... this is pretty cool.

[@hold9389]

Mission Stop the Clock ... Unlock Legendary Mode

[@rockco-iv8es]

Wouldn't needing someone to rewind the clock make it inaccurate if it stops and there's no one there to rewind it?

[@TheMrPiggy1]

But what if the glass gets covered up by sand or slouds?

[@Reeceeboy]

Y10k is gonna be wild

[@neillenhart6838]

4:51 funny that looks a lot like an Alternating Current Sine wave backwards

[@macmac436]

How is the solar going to function if a snow cap forms?

[@johnkeo358]

its gonna be the next Mayan calender for the next civilization

[@skyrockhou6325]

How does the sapphire glass stay clean?

[@MrEricleblanc26]

Vanity project. What would be much more useful is some kind of long term knowledge repository.

[@vsetfan2024]

I'm your 200 like

[@KianBrose]

What if the poles move around in the next 10000 years and the sun no longer passes over that mountain?

[@chrisyu98]

sounds like moving the weight to power it is the Achilles heel of the device.

[@mitchprime9202]

This has been done before, history will repeat.

[@azeller09]

HES MAKING THE MILLENNIUM CLOCK

[@Vinzmannn]

The animation of the torsion pendulum hurt me.

[@myhre-loco3040]

Cant wait for Clickspring to make this :D

[@easymotivation1662]

5000 years ago : let's build pyramid after 5000 years : let's build clock

[@Badminkey7]

This is literally the subplot of the watchmen

[@nathanstrange6191]

This is pretty cool. Read somewhere that the clock will Cuckoo once a millennium. I'm sad I won't be there for the cuckoo party on Dec 31 2999.

[@brockhard3555]

Those 10 bells ringing out each day isnt going to keep this top secret location very secret for too long.

[@M1ndblast]

Can't help but feel this is supposed to be some indirect attempt at immortality; he can't be here for as long as he wants so he tries to leave something lasting instead. He's gonna turn to dust just like everyone else. A lot can happen in 10k years.

[@mr.boomguy]

Reads tittle~. Jens Olsen's World Clock: Am I a joke to you!?

[@thatguynamedgeorge9218]

So this is technically a nowadays version of the 7 ancient wonders of the world.

[@HOUFFIN]

will it stop exactly at 10.000?

[@incrayon1884]

What is the use of this clock???

[@shaunlastname391]

No mention of a snooze button, it will end up thrown across to another part of the desert one morning

[@boris2342]

I will visit ...later

[@stephencopestake2864]

Maybe it is time to work out the equation of time for a clock on Mars? With a nearly 40 minute longer day, a 687 day long year and two moons it would make a nice competition to produce a complicated mechanical watch for budding astronauts...

[@Michael-Cano]

5:48 (Must be simple)

[@kronos425]

Me: Ok, let's see this video called 'How this clock will last for-- RLL2: TEN THOUSAND YEARS

[@MiccaPhone]

I suppose this clock has an original manufacturer guarantee of 5 years!

[@paulpicone1121]

There is no such thing as time but we only go by to keep order in a sense

[@adamdickinson2894]

You forgot to put the #AD at the start

[@K10_Productions]

AHH NEW CHANNEL

[@TheGreatTimSheridan]

it seems like very few people would be able to visit the clock. But we have seen nothing on the power source from temperature or the functioning of the escapement. I am interested in making the clock extremely accurate. And I would like to help correct the designs when they run into trouble. long-term thinking however does not make better organizational politics. It's unclear what's happening so far. It looks like they dug the hole and put it all together about a year ago. It would be fun to have more updates on the design. It's very important to video log these events because no one will be able to do that after the fact