
Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz
San Francisco, California
Creating space for a deeper understanding
of time and technology
Bringing engineering and philosophy and art together.
THE LONG NOW FOUNDATION
I’m a director at The Long Now Foundation, a nonprofit fostering civilization-scale long-term thinking.
Our projects include a mountain-scale 10,000-year mechanical clock, a long-term archive of human language, a popular lecture series, an award-winning cocktail bar, a global membership program, and much more.
Our work hopes to inspire and encourage the long view.
SPEAKING
I talk about these ideas all the time—at companies in California and conferences around the globe.
I’ve spoken about our explorations in long-term thinking with audiences at Stanford, Google X, Xerox PARC, Github, and more.
If you’re interested in booking a talk, send me a note.
WRITING
I’m writing about these ideas more and more. Expect something here soon.
MUSIC
In a past life, I played in a few serious rock bands.
Some of that music lives on Spotify now, but
most of it was released on compact discs.
Credits and Influences
Work that shapes the contours of my own.
Philosophy
M. Heidegger • S. Kierkegaard • H. Dreyfus • F. Nietzsche • G. Buddha • D. Hofstadter • A. Watts • C. Jung • L. Tzu • W. Huikai
Music
Tigran Hamasyan • Nils Frahm • Max Cooper • Jon Hopkins • Animals as Leaders • Nirvana • The National • Bjork • Bon Iver • Dawn of Midi
Art/Film/Design
J. Tanizaki • A. Rodin • F. Fellini • T. Ando • I. Bergman • J. Turrell • T. Malick • D. Rams • M. Vignelli • M. Rothko
Writing
D. Wallace • H. Hesse • F. Dostoevsky • F. Kafka • W. Durant • M. Kundera • C. Liu • J. Didion • A. Sorkin • T. Chiang • H. Ibsen