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I went in search of "what happens if vandals try to destroy the thing?" and ended up reading Bruce Sterling from 2000 touching on that issue and many others. h
by jdludlow 15y ago
I went in search of "what happens if vandals try to destroy the thing?" and ended up reading Bruce Sterling from 2000 touching on that issue and many others.
http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/03/bruce-sterlings-sharp-warning-8-years-later/ http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/03/bruce-sterlings-sharp-war...
- cpeterso 15y agoThe clock is also geographically remote (by design). You have to drive hours to get there and then hike a little ways. This should dissuade casual vandals. The long approach was also designed to dissuade casual visitors, making a clock visit something like a pilgrimage.
- jdludlow 15y agoGood point. However, "geographically remote" today and "geographically remote" within 10,000 years might not be the same thing.