This Short discusses Jeff Bezos' unique project of building a 10,000-year clock within a Texas mountain, designed to tick once a year, with a century hand moving every 100 years and a chime sounding every 1,000 years. Bezos envisions the clock as a symbol of long-term thinking, emphasizing that while no civilization has lasted forever, humanity continues to progress. The project aims to inspire foresight and perspective for future generations.
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00:00What would you build if you had $42 million?
00:03Jeff Bezos?
00:04He's building a 10,000-year clock,
00:07a project unlike anything you've ever heard of.
00:10This clock, buried deep inside a Texas mountain,
00:13is designed to tick once a year
00:15with a century hand moving every 100 years
00:18and a chime that rings only once every 1,000 years.
00:22But here's the kicker.
00:23Bezos believes humanity will survive that long,
00:26but he's not so sure about countries like the United States.
00:29No civilization has lasted forever, he says.
00:32And history agrees.
00:34Kingdoms rise and fall, but humanity keeps moving forward.
00:37So this clock isn't just about time, it's about perspective.
00:41Will it spark the kind of foresight we need for the future?
00:44Only time will tell.