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In 1900, the UK clearly was the richest country in Europe. That's no longer the case.
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With undersea cables, AI education, and more, the tech giant is helping create Africa’s “digital decade.”
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Experts answer 10 big questions about the nightmare scenario that could send us back to the pre-Space Age.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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Don’t become one of those organizations that slouches toward positive behavioral change — here’s how to move fast.
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A survey of more than 6,000 of the world's richest, most influential people shows that 9% of them attended Harvard University.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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Playing the long game in Japan is about creating something so enduring that it becomes timeless.
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Women bring new and innovative ways of exercising power to the table, argues Gaia van der Esch. All business teams will benefit.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?
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From tulips to Bitcoin, bubbles have been given a bad rap as destroyers of dreams — but they’re essential for our brightest future. Here’s why.
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A National Center for Data and Evidence could supplement our archaic and expensive system and more accurately measure AI's impact on jobs.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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The Wharton School professor — and author of Co-Intelligence — outlines ways we can tap into the AI advantage safely and effectively.
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Leaders ideally intertwine their own success with that of their teams — if that’s not the case at your workplace, here’s what to do.
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Around the world, biofuels, so-called green energy sources, are waving major red flags.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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Sure, “who you know” matters — but your best contacts will be the ones you don’t know very well.
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Both nations made missteps, but China still has a chance to make up lost ground.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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Magnificent time-tested buildings are filled with lessons in resilience and stability — and the benefits for investment strategy can be huge.
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Storytelling skills are not just for entertainment — practical exercises used by the cream of Hollywood can transform your work-life.
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Today’s technology presents unique challenges for social awareness and relationship management at work, making emotional intelligence all the more critical.
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If you have any sort of power for any reasonable length of time, you will be changed by it — awareness of the effects is crucial.
In a split image, Taleb's surgeon stands confidently alongside two diverse medical professionals: a woman in a hijab and a woman with glasses, each wearing stethoscopes.
The truly talented are those who got to where they are despite preconceived expectations.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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The cat-and-mouse game between China and the world’s semiconductor companies is already having enormous consequences.
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A prolonged strike could cost the economy between $500 million to $4.5 billion per day.
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Oxford professor of ethics, John Tasioulas, thinks we should consider the loss of opportunity for “striving and succeeding” that AI is likely to bring.