The Clock in the Mountain
A much more interesting read than I was expecting.  My first reaction after a few sentences was "What a waste of time and effort."  Then just spending a few minutes thinking about what around me is more than a few years old kind of got to me.  What around me is more than 100, 1000, 10000 years old?  Where I live in Salt Lake there are hardly any human made structures older than 100 years, and none more than 160.  The oldest building I've been to personally was in London, on the order of 1000 years old.  It's humbling to think about how short of a span that is in human history.  Almost disturbing to think about what I will do or make that will last 100, 1000, or 10000 years.<p>In 100 years I hope to have grandchildren who knew me still living.<p>In 1000 years it's a stretch that there will still be an accurate note of my existence.<p>In 10000 there may not even be a myth about the existence of any of us here.