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Business
The end of extraction and the rise of abundance
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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The Long Game
The Tony Seba and James Arbib interview: Why the future belongs to “stellar societies”
The cofounders of think tank RethinkX are convinced that humanity is undergoing civilizational phase change.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover for "Speak, Memorably: The Art of Captivating an Audience" by Bill McGowan and Juliana Silva, featuring "an excerpt from" on a split orange and light background, inspired by Francis Coppola’s distinctive visual storytelling.
Business
Want the secret to stunning presentations? Ask Hollywood legend Francis Ford Coppola
The “primacy/recency effect” is used by celebrated movie-makers, Broadway composers, and restaurateurs — it can work for you too.
Bill McGowan
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Business
The Steve Hanke interview: “Writing a tweet is the endgame of the Feynman Technique”
The veteran economist joins Big Think to unpack the new rules of social media, explain tariffs, and recount his adventures in Albania.
Mike Hodgkinson
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Business
Rethinking civilization: A new architecture for humanity
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
Our jobs and AI: Why the 4-day week should anchor our work-lives
A reduced working week, argues Juliet Schor, is part of a sane response to the impacts of AI and robotization on human labor.
Juliet Schor
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Business
The Andrew Mayne interview: How to succeed as a polymath
The outrageously accomplished magician-inventor-author chats to Big Think about fear, multitasking, and successful work-life reinvention.
Tim Brinkhof
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