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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.

How much can you know about someone from a single belief?

By looking outside the current wave of hype, we can create a framework for weighing up the practical impact of AI on any business.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

A new SETI study shows how far the field of technosignatures has come.

Tennis pro Mardy Fish and Spanx founder Sara Blakely both turned failure into their greatest asset.

From King Midas to Gordon Gekko, humanity has struggled to grasp greed’s true nature.

The Gospels aren’t historical biographies but genre-defining works that blend myth, theology, and a promise of hope.

In his latest book, Malcolm Gladwell explores a strange phenomenon of group dynamics.

“Neurotech is not just about the brain,” says Synchron CTO Riki Banerjee, explaining how their tech can help with paralysis, brain diseases, and beyond.

The veteran economist joins Big Think to unpack the new rules of social media, explain tariffs, and recount his adventures in Albania.

The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.

The evolution of quantum technology is far from over.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

“It’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.”

Americans have gone through three historic junctures like what we’re witnessing today — and they happen on an uncanny 80-year cycle.

Arendt thought 20th-century philosophy had become too passive and abstract. She called for “active thinking” that prepares us to live in the real world.

Taco Thursdays and free yoga have their limits — for lasting workplace happiness leaders need to think about purpose.

David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.

By weaponizing the global economy, the U.S. initiated a new era of economic warfare and transformed how major powers compete.

Sixty years ago, the Soviet Union was way ahead of the USA in the space race. Then one critical event changed everything.

On June 20, 2024, the summer solstice occurs at its earliest moment since 1796: when George Washington was President of the USA. Here’s why.

Manipulating a signaling pathway in mice reversed their anxiety — and offers hope for a new class of anti-anxiety medications for humans.

From Einstein to Twain, Garson O’Toole investigates the truth behind your favorite — and often misattributed — quotes.

Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.

God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?

One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America sketches some big ideas about what’s possible with AI in the next 25 years.

Playing the long game in Japan is about creating something so enduring that it becomes timeless.