Eric Markowitz

Eric Markowitz

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Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other outlets, Eric is the author of The Nightcrawler newsletter. Follow Eric on X @EricMarkowitz

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Business
The myth of leadership
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Business
The end of extraction and the rise of abundance
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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
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Business
Rethinking civilization: A new architecture for humanity
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Business
How to “outlast”: What Leonardo da Vinci can teach us
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The Long Game
What Leonardo’s obsession with water teaches us about longevity
What made Leonardo da Vinci last wasn’t magic — it was process — and his study of fluids can help us win the long game.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
A deep dive into Amazon robotics and AI
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