article_snippet.sent: it's encouraging people to think beyond people own human lifespan to what geologists call deep time, the lengthy periods in which the world changes on a grand scale. '
article_snippet.sent: We need to find a way to think in deep time if We are to responsibly make use of the technologies We have,' we are to responsibly make use of the technologies we have says. '
article_snippet.sent: Nor is Keats certain humans will be around in 3015.
article_snippet.sent: Nor, assuming certain humans are, that someone will know to retrieve the millennium camera and open the millennium camera.
article_snippet.sent: Which of course is the wrong thing to say, because then it will,' Keats quickly adds.
article_snippet.sent: Digital photography was impractical, and Keats ruled out using film because Digital photography would deteriorate too quickly and besides, there's always the chance by 3015 that society will revert to another dark age, without photochemical processing skills. '
article_snippet.sent: Keats says that Keats ambitious project to make people think about 'deep time' may be a failure.
article_snippet.sent: It might seem silly, and people might say, 'What's the point of a camera with an exposure you'll never see in your lifetime, what's the point of any of it?''
article_snippet.sent: Keats says It may take 10,000 years for humanity perfect the process of 1,000-year photos.