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Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Do we really need to be religious to run a society well?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
With a flurry of threats to scientists, science funding, and health policy, the USA now faces a crisis reminiscent of Soviet-era Lysenkoism.
Today's pseudoscience-ridden wellness industry owes a great debt to its forefathers.
"Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves."
Life might be more common across the Universe than the "Hard Steps Model" suggests.
An interview with renowned mythologist Martin Shaw about persona, presence, and how to spend life's finite time.
Effective leadership requires long-term strategy — not tactical reactions.
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From anger to awe: How one woman overcame “debilitating trauma” to conquer a near-impossible 53-hour swim at 64.
Physicist Don Lincoln explains why mathematics is a powerful tool for scientific modeling, but is not a science itself.
Today's philosophy students would be justified in asking, "What does any of this have to do with living?"
Yondr CEO Graham Dugoni unpacks the technological zeitgeist in this exclusive Big Think interview covering media ecology, leadership, AI, human connection, and much more.
Astronomer Adam Frank reflects on some responses to his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
"I think it's about time we stop allowing every male generation bang their frontal lobe through its most developmental stages."
When Star Trek's Captain Picard and The Office's Dwight Schrute channel philosopher Karl Jaspers, we can all benefit.
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“Many people get stuck in feeling responsible for their psychological state, and there's a way in which simply being with whatever uncomfortable emotions rather than believing that you are controlling them can be extremely beneficial for psychological wellbeing.”
The electromagnetic force can be attractive, repulsive, or "bendy," but is always mediated by the photon. How does one particle do it all?
From King Midas to Gordon Gekko, humanity has struggled to grasp greed's true nature.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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It can be overwhelming to navigate the pains of life, but the iconic self-help author believes you can find yourself by answering just four questions
Unlikely Collaborators