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Episode 1

This Ten Thousand Year Moment

Published on: 30th April, 2021

In our inaugural episode, we speak with philosopher and Director of Development for the Long Now Foundation Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz. We touch on topics ranging from finite vs. infinite games, our relationship to technology, and how to build and sustain multi-generational institutions.

>> Activations <<

Ask Yourself: What Do I Want to Last?

Grab a Drink at the Interval

>> Links and References <<

The Long Now Foundation

Apply-Degger with Simon Critchley

Discussion About Pace Layers

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

The Question Concerning Technology by Martin Heidegger

Being and Time by Martin Heidegger

What Kind of Dinosaur Is Godzilla?

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    Gavan Wilhite is a technologist creating systems and stories for bright futures.

    He helped Disney reboot educational gaming, founded AltspaceVR to solve socializing at a distance (acquired by Microsoft), and was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 for VR D&D. He is currently developing 3D-printed human tissues at Prellis Biologics and hosting the ReRoute.fm podcast.

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    Nick Thurston is an actor, writer, and creative producer, committed to leveraging the power of story to expand our consciousness and generate solutions to our problems.

    He co-founded the New Guard Theater Company in Los Angeles in the interest of creating an incubational space for cutting edge theater, and from 2016-18 he produced over forty pieces of original work while serving as its co-artistic director. He has appeared in numerous films and series, including Grimm, Snowfall, American Dad, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. As a writer, he has a video game in development and is at work on a series of epic fantasy novels.

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    David Schuler

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    David Schuler is a two-time Grammy Award nominated, multi-platinum worldwide selling record producer, songwriter, film composer and filmmaker from Rochester, NY. He has produced records and written songs with artists such as P!nk, John Legend, Daughtry, Backstreet Boys, The Saturdays, Scott Stapp, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Esmee Denters, Lauren Bennett, Teddy Geiger, Shy Carter, Aimee Proal, and others. He is the sole member of The Bad Dreamers, his personal music project.