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A Short History of Long-Term Thinking, for Our Fifty Thousand Year Time Capsule
In the year 2014, a space capsule named KEO will be launched into orbit with support from UNESCO and the European Space Agency. Its destination is the planet Earth, 50,000 years from now.
Brian Eno Explains Why We Need a 10,000 Year Clock
Not long ago, just four days ago, in fact, the Long Now Foundation "announced":http://blog.longnow.org/2011/06/17/major-update-on-the-10000-year-clock-project that it has started excavating for its giant 10,000 year clock on a mountain face in Texas...
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