How do things last? Part 2: Millennia with Alexander Rose

What is a 10,000 year clock? What is the Y10k bug? What allows some organizations to last a millennium? What do ancient ceramics have to do with ball bearings in satellites? What does any of this have to do with bristlecone pine trees, cymbals, or an extant hotel that launched in the sixth century? Join today for thinking about ourselves on a 10,000 year timescale with guest Alexander Rose.

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The 10000 Year Clock (also known as the Clock of the Long Now)

The Rosetta Project

Alexander (Zander) Rose

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