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Business
Will AI save us or destroy us?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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The Present
The West struggles to evaluate threats. Here’s how it can get better.
From Hitler to Hamas, Western powers have repeatedly dismissed open threats as bluffs — with catastrophic results.
Gal Winter
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Business
How to greet the dawn of “future-state predictive intelligence”
Brian Gumbel — President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Dataminr — explores the cutting edge of real-time information analysis.
Mike Hodgkinson
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The Past
“Mirror life” and the recurring nightmare of scientific apocalypse
The fear of unleashing forces beyond control has haunted science for centuries.
Thomas Moynihan
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Starts With A Bang
Laniakea, our home supercluster, is already being torn apart
On the largest scales, galaxies don't simply clump together, but form superclusters. Too bad they don't remain bound together.
Ethan Siegel
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The Present
Most social trends aren’t what they seem
Our minds crave simple, linear narratives. But society rarely follows a straight line.
Adam Waytz
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Books
John Amaechi shares the 6 books that changed his thinking
The psychologist, educator, and former NBA player discusses the professional volumes and childhood stories that shaped his life and his approach to it.
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