Jeff Bezos Is Building a $42 Million 10,000-Year Clock Inside a Mountain

Tik. Tok. Tik. Tok. Tik. Tok. Tik. Tok. No, we aren’t trying to plug everyone’s favorite video app! We are trying to set the scene for today’s video, one second at a time-- which is all about a giant, slow tiking clock…. That is being built by none other than Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos. Yes you heard that right folks, the richest man on the planet (which we are saying because of reports that have been taken by Forbes at the time of writing this video) is heavily involved with the construction of a giant clock that will be located inside of a mountain. It will be 500 feet tall, be well out of the way of the nearest town (reports say that it will be hours from the closest airport), and it will have special chimes for the 1, 10, 100, 1,000, and the 10,000 year anniversary. Oh, and one more fun fact-- this thing will tik very, very slowly. Just how slow are we talkin? This clock will only tik once per year. And it’s design looks straight out of your favorite steam-punk themed comic book, or movie! It’s true! Gears and other steam-punk themed ornaments have already been placed on the premises, and it’s only going to get more textured as time goes on! It’s already cost the billionaire a colossal $42 million dollars so far… and it doesn’t look like it’s gonna be finished any time soon. We’ve got the story right here, stick around for a minute, and learn something!

Written by: Chris Montrose
Narrated by: Chris Montrose
Edited by: Vitalii V.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:41 What’s the deal with this clock, anyways?
02:25 What’s the price? … and why so much?
03:53 So… what’s the point of it?
05:45 When will we see it!?
06:36 Another passion project!

[danthemainman]

humans 10, 000 years later "when the clock runs out the world will end"

[adj_ent]

It's a bummer that everyone frames this as Bezos's project, he's simply helping with the funding.

[PunkSister]

He will do anything before treating/paying his employees fairly and helping out the worlds actual problems. No one can convince me that this isn’t a Dr. Evil layer.

[shizuwolf]

Health care? Nope. Better education? Nah. A useless giant clock? YES!

[RodCurrin]

"...at least half a dozen years" Are you trying to sound impressive? Just say "..at least 6 years".

[B.a.r.c.o.d.e....]

This is what happens when you have more money than you know what to do with! Tick tock tick tock

[arjencan]

But won't the mechanisms of that clock be damaged over the years? I don't think it can work that many years.

[percylewis]

Nice but why not help the people that truly needs a helping hand?

[bradleythompson]

This is going to eventually become a dooms day clock created by aliens 😂😂 👽

[HigherQualityUploads]

"The Long Now" sounds like the title to a Junji Ito story

[tiannabearam]

To the person reading this don’t give up on your YouTube channel. Keep going it’s going to get better.

[davidvincenthuffman]

He spent 0.0212121212% of his money... 42 million dollars... 0.0212121212%... let THAT sink in

[samanthawitzman]

Half of the truth is being told, its something sneaky. They have reasons for everything they do

[Kiwibloke]

More money than sense, the way human race is going I doubt humans will still be here in 10, 000 years. I doubt the climate will allow human life by then

[Flyingdutchy]

So, no suspicions on why exactly he needs this underground bunker directly opposite his launchpad in the middle of nowhere?

[SirCentex]

I have a feeling Jeff will be around for the 10, 00 year… He probably has his consciousness downloaded to the cloud and will transfer it to some lab grown fetus / clone when the science is perfected 😮

[chubayenla]

He knows something. ..which we dont know

[andrewlevangie]

What are the gears being cut from? Titanium?

[theenchanteduniverseoflife]

It's crazy how lots of people can build lots of different things through the years 🤯

[nebula]

Imagine wasting your money on something so useless 😐😭😅