The 10000 year clock
From 99U: “If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people,” Bezos told Wired in 2011. “But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’re now competing against a fraction of those people, because very few companies are willing to do that.”
“We can’t realize our potential as people or as companies unless we plan for the long term.”