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

From Nick Carraway to Charles Marlow, these side characters offered truths their scene-stealing protagonists couldn’t.

With “Karla’s Choice,” Nick Harkaway had an impossible mission: maintain his father’s legacy while staying true to his voice.

Warren Buffett famously noted that Berkshire Hathaway would “never depend on the kindness of strangers to stay in business.” Startups take note.

Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.

Agentic AI pioneer Chetan Dube considers ways that everyone can be lifted by the tide of AI, not just those with the capital to leverage it.

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.

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.

For well over a century, engineers have proposed harnessing the ocean’s tides for energy. But the idea hasn’t seemed to register in many places.

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

Rebuilding the NFL franchise in the early 2020s echoed the corporate overhauls that had transformed Boeing and Ford.

Game theory is a unique combination of math and psychology. Its applications turn up everywhere, from nuclear war to Tinder to game shows.

Big Think spoke with AI expert Nick Jennings about the future of regulating fast-evolving AI.

“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche’s titular character asks in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”

Hindsight can cloud our predictive abilities but big data can de-mist forecasting — now AI is sharpening that focus.

But scientists have found it again.

While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?

Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.

The reported supremacy of generative AI over human brain-power in business ideation depends on how you define “better.”

St Nick had a history of teleporting long before needing to reach all the world’s children in one night.

Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.

Perhaps we should be searching for “other Mercurys” rather than “other Earths.”

There are several different types of learner engagement, from emotional to cognitive. Here’s how to improve each.

There is no sure-fire formula for success, but you can be better prepared to create your own.

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

The body uses its own electricity to repair wounds. Faster healing may be possible with additional electrical stimulation.

Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?

At this event, you’ll be around to hear the eulogy.