Why Build a Clock that Will Last 10,000 Years?

https://youtu.be/7eVsHlA5PJI

Inventor Danny Hillis is working with a team of futurists and engineers to build the 10,000 Year Clock, a multimillennial timekeeper.
Designed as a symbol of long-term thinking, the formidable piece will be assembled and housed in a mountain in West Texas. Hear about the process in this short from production company Public Record. National Geographic video news.