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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
How to create an “idea generation assembly line”
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 Kevin Kelly interview: The power of “radical optimism”
The co-founder of Wired magazine shares his insights on how a long-term mindset can shape a brighter, more innovative future.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The thrill is in the hunt — not just the victory
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The trillion-dollar answer to AI’s biggest question
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
Play it again: The causal link between fun and resilience
Fun in business is no laughing matter — it can create a golden strategic advantage and bring serious success in the long term.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The essential skill to master across life and business
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
10 life lessons from four decades in the market
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
Business “immortality” and the art of focus
In a world of distractions, several remarkable companies show why focus is the ultimate strategy for endurance.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The unconventional philosophy behind “founder mode”
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The trillion-dollar AI race to create “Digital God”
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 golden strategy of stacked “marginal gains”
For extraordinary long-term success in business we can look to insights from British Olympic cycling, Roger Federer and neuroeconomics.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The thin line between genius and madman
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
What investors can learn from the world’s most resilient shrub
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
Why the “extremophyte mindset” is crucial to lasting success
Like ultra-hardy plants that thrive in harsh conditions, businesses that see crises as opportunities are likely to win in the long run.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The long-term benefits of “second-level” thinking
Welcome to the Big Think debut of The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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The Long Game
Conformity be damned: How to crack the “black sheep paradox”
Going against the grain is often difficult — but necessary for outperformance over the long-term.
Eric Markowitz
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The Long Game
How a brush with death shaped my long game
Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.
Eric Markowitz
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