Underneath a mountain in Texas, a new kind of clock is being built. Can it force us to connect our distant past with our distant future? tomstandage and stevensonseth investigate in “The Secret History of the Future”
The Economist’s Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson of Slate
unearth curious tales hidden in the history of technology, and ask what they can tell us about the future. The first mechanical clocks were made to summon monks to prayer. Ever since, timekeeping technology has often been about control and obligation. But underneath a mountain in Texas, a new kind of clock is being built that’s meant to alter the way we think about time. Can it force us to connect our distant past with our distant future, tick by tick? Runtime: 33 min
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