the idea behind the worlds slowest computer

The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking. We hope to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.

a different way of looking at time

YES World Watches combine
the daily and seasonal cycles of the sun and the moon,
with the steady beat of hours, minutes and seconds.

Here's a review of a Yes Zulu watch

Here's another more recent review in Luminous Landscape (Photography online zine) on the Cozmo version