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

"You need to embrace these systems and try out what's going on because if you don't understand it, you really can't hope to help your organization adapt and stay in front of this momentous, world-changing technology."

In nature, business, and life, survival doesn’t belong to the optimized — it belongs to those with a built-in buffer.

The rapid crash of Nokia was triggered when key information gatekeepers became bottlenecks. Here’s the key lesson.

Want to know how to handle work-life pressure? Big Think asked Warfare co-directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza.

Surprisingly, multimodal large language models struggle to read time on analog clocks.

Spotify's Co-President, CPO and CTO chats with Big Think about the science of discovery, Swedish innovation, C-suite podcasting, and more.

How the 40-year-old entrepreneur and media mogul learned from his struggles, and why he believes accountability is the real secret to happiness.

"We're at a very critical point in human history where things are about to change dramatically. One of the beauties of these AI tools is you now can just be anything that you dreamt of being."

Common knowledge says the maximum size of a PDF is as big as 40% of Germany — but that’s a gross underestimate.

Honing your skills as a strategic thinker does more than solve problems as they appear; it can be a fast track to the top.

Those who know who they are — and what they truly value — refuse to compromise their authentic direction to placate others.

Harmony and moderation make for a happier life.

In his book, "Birds, Sex and Beauty," Matt Ridley explores why learning isn't always nature versus nurture.

Professor of leadership Michael D. Watkins identifies ways high-performing teams can be sabotaged — and offers simple fixes for each.

A fresh view of intelligence — spanning living systems from bacteria to human civilization — challenges the idea that it’s merely problem-solving.

She was searching for perfection - until she discovered what she truly needed by letting go of what didn’t fit.

"You need to run towards the pain and darkness and not away from it. I think the best leaders always run towards the darkness. They always run towards a problem."

Turn onboarding insights into personalized learning journeys with Big Think+ recommendations.

Many expect AI to follow a familiar pattern — technological disruption followed by adaptation — but what are we losing in return?

Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff on how to spot and break free from cognitive scripts that limit personal growth.

The road to “uncaged leadership” means reimagining your professional identity and value. Here’s how.

When plans fall apart, adaptability can build something better.

Big Think spoke with author and psychiatrist Elias Dakwar about addiction, rock bottom, and the moment you realize your compass is broken.

From Allen Funt to Donald Trump, author Emily Nussbaum explains how reality TV has blurred the lines between, well, reality and TV.

“Can we push these cells to do something other than what they normally do?" asks developmental biologist Michael Levin. "Can they build something completely different?”

Steve Jobs once quipped that Apple's professional managers "knew how to manage, but they didn't know how to do anything."

AI, anxiety, and emotional intelligence are on learners' minds as they prepare to tackle the new year.

Neuroscientist and author Anne-Laure Le Cunff discusses the lasting benefits of uncertainty, curiosity, and the experimental mindset.

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