Jeff Bezos

And in my view, that's really important as we have become, as a species, as a civilization, more powerful. You know, we're really affecting the planet now. We're really affecting each other. We have weapons of mass destruction. We have all kinds of things happening

where we can really hurt ourselves, and the problems we create can be so large, you know, the unintended consequences of some of our actions, like climate change, putting carbon in the atmosphere is a perfect example. That's an unintended consequence of the Industrial Revolution. Got a lot of benefits from it, but we've also got this side effect that is very detrimental.

where we can really hurt ourselves, and the problems we create can be so large, you know, the unintended consequences of some of our actions, like climate change, putting carbon in the atmosphere is a perfect example. That's an unintended consequence of the Industrial Revolution. Got a lot of benefits from it, but we've also got this side effect that is very detrimental.

where we can really hurt ourselves, and the problems we create can be so large, you know, the unintended consequences of some of our actions, like climate change, putting carbon in the atmosphere is a perfect example. That's an unintended consequence of the Industrial Revolution. Got a lot of benefits from it, but we've also got this side effect that is very detrimental.

We need to be, we need to start training ourselves to think longer term. Long-term thinking is a giant lever. You can literally solve problems if you think long-term, that are impossible to solve if you think short-term. And we aren't really good at thinking long-term. It's not really, we're kind of, five years is a tough timeframe for most institutions to think past.

We need to be, we need to start training ourselves to think longer term. Long-term thinking is a giant lever. You can literally solve problems if you think long-term, that are impossible to solve if you think short-term. And we aren't really good at thinking long-term. It's not really, we're kind of, five years is a tough timeframe for most institutions to think past.

We need to be, we need to start training ourselves to think longer term. Long-term thinking is a giant lever. You can literally solve problems if you think long-term, that are impossible to solve if you think short-term. And we aren't really good at thinking long-term. It's not really, we're kind of, five years is a tough timeframe for most institutions to think past.

And we probably need to stretch that to 10 years and 15 years and 20 years and 25 years, and we'd do a better job for our children and our grandchildren if we could stretch those thinking horizons. And so, The clock is, in a way, it's an art project. It's a symbol. And if it ever has any power to influence people to think longer term, that won't happen for hundreds of years.

And we probably need to stretch that to 10 years and 15 years and 20 years and 25 years, and we'd do a better job for our children and our grandchildren if we could stretch those thinking horizons. And so, The clock is, in a way, it's an art project. It's a symbol. And if it ever has any power to influence people to think longer term, that won't happen for hundreds of years.

And we probably need to stretch that to 10 years and 15 years and 20 years and 25 years, and we'd do a better job for our children and our grandchildren if we could stretch those thinking horizons. And so, The clock is, in a way, it's an art project. It's a symbol. And if it ever has any power to influence people to think longer term, that won't happen for hundreds of years.

But we're going to build it now and let it accrue the patina of age.

But we're going to build it now and let it accrue the patina of age.

But we're going to build it now and let it accrue the patina of age.

I think so. But the United States won't exist. Like whole civilizations rise and fall. 10,000 years is so long. Like no nation state has ever survived for anywhere close to 10,000 years.

I think so. But the United States won't exist. Like whole civilizations rise and fall. 10,000 years is so long. Like no nation state has ever survived for anywhere close to 10,000 years.

I think so. But the United States won't exist. Like whole civilizations rise and fall. 10,000 years is so long. Like no nation state has ever survived for anywhere close to 10,000 years.

So do I think humans will be here? Yes. How will we have changed ourselves and what will we be and so on and so on? I don't know, but I think we'll be here.

So do I think humans will be here? Yes. How will we have changed ourselves and what will we be and so on and so on? I don't know, but I think we'll be here.

So do I think humans will be here? Yes. How will we have changed ourselves and what will we be and so on and so on? I don't know, but I think we'll be here.

No, I used to be afraid of death. I did. I remember as a young person being kind of very scared of mortality, didn't want to think about it and so on. And as I've gotten older, I'm 59 now, as I've gotten older, somehow that fear has sort of gone away. I don't... I would like to stay alive for as long as possible, but I'd like to be – I'm really more focused on health span. I want to be healthy.