SOMETIMES, WHEN THINGS GET SUFFICIENTLY WEIRD, SUBTLETY NO longer works, so i'll be blunt: The gleaming device I am staring at in the corner of a machine shop in San Rafael, California, is the most audacious machine ever built. It is a clock, but it is designed to do something no clock has ever been conceived to do—run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

I've been fascinated by this concept since i first read about it few years back. In a world where most people can't see beyond today, I think it's wonderful to contemplate what is essentially eternity.

I'll certainly make the trip to see it.

-k]

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