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Venture capitalist and Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake talks to Big Think about why AI won’t make the internet better, her influences beyond tech, and more.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Fund manager and writer John Candeto is on a mission to decode the hidden patterns that drive extraordinary outcomes.
Nuclear chemist Tim Gregory joins Big Think to make the case that nuclear energy can still transform the world for the better.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
In the post-AI startup landscape, the role of the entrepreneur will evolve from operator to orchestrator. Are you ready?
A next-generation collider is required for studying particle physics at the frontiers. Here's the fastest, cheapest way to get it done.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Are you ready for the “cybernetic corporation”? Amir Husain “profiles” the hottest company of 2035 — and makes a telling comparison with Nvidia.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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“The simplest, most powerful way to reinforce work, not jobs, is to ask people to do something different.”
With the right material at the right temperature and a magnetic track, physics really does allow perpetual motion without energy loss.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
10mins
“Invention matters, but implementation matters more.”
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Today’s technologist archetypes share a blind spot. Brendan McCord, founder of the Cosmos Institute explains why “philosophy is essential” when building planetary-scale technology.
Cosmos Institute
From Apple to Airbnb to OpenAI the generalist mindset has been an invaluable source of advantage — and we can all learn from these successes.
Can the top quark, the shortest-lived particle of all, bind with anything else? Yes it can! New results at the LHC demonstrate toponium exists.
Over the first half of 2025, the US has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science may be a gift to the rest of the world.
If your world-beating idea is not working you might need to change direction — and Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom provides the perfect case study.
When organizations focus on finding new markets, the returns can be spectacular — as a case study from Australia perfectly illustrates.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
A meditation on quantum physics, creative endurance, and the unseen forces that shape what lasts.
To be culturally intelligent, you must be curious and open-minded — and the benefits can be transformative.
Snorre Kjesbu — SVP & GM of Cisco’s Employee Experience group — has a bold vision for the future of human interaction.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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“You might as well go for it. You might as well do the thing that you dream about doing for heaven's sake.”
The cofounders of think tank RethinkX are convinced that humanity is undergoing civilizational phase change.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
In "Raising AI," De Kai argues that today's AIs are already more like us than we think they are.