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		justinclift on June 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to build something that lasts 10k years Count time via its genome, such that further generations increase the count?

aetherspawn on June 12, 2019 [–]

That’s a good idea but you’d need a visible characteristic.

Because future humans may lose the ability to see the count in the genome .. or just forget it exists and never notice it.

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