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Yeah, it seems purpose built as an untestable thought project. Might as well have had some kids put hand prints in concrete at the base.

Imagine what the time value of the money spent on this will be for this in 1000 years. A market investment of $1000 that could return 2% over inflation over that time period would be equivalent to $400B in today's dollars.

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Problem is that’ll get you a medium Diet Coke in 3024.

If dollars are even still a thing

Note that I said beat inflation, but hey maybe 2024 Diet Coke cans will be the last remaining currency in 3024.

More likely a 12 oz. Slurm.

Beating inflation by 2% over 1000 years? Physically impossible

Well, I agree $ is unlikely to be a thing by then, but the broad stock market has beaten inflation by 6% (almost 7%) over the last 150 years. That's already over 1000x.

So, no more impossible than having a random stick take a photograph for 1000 years. Perhaps, they'll sell 0.0000001% of the stock of a corporation that owns the photograph for $4, or it will contain the last unburnt bitcoin.

"over the last 150 years"

I believe that the next 150 years are not going to be like that. If for no other reason, demographic collapse will destroy the consumer base for companies.

1000 years? That bug ridden pinhole camera will be around, we won't.

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