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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
We're all entitled to our own opinions, no matter how ill-informed they are. But facts are facts; we can't just choose the ones we prefer.
The more you know, the better you can act.
From acclaimed novels to heretical treatises, sometimes a writer just doesn't want to put their name on the cover.
A brief guide to habits that separate deep understanding from superficial knowledge — and how to cultivate them.
Only 5% of the Universe is made of normal "stuff" like we are. Could there be dark matter or dark energy life, or even aliens, out there?
Could AI develop true intelligence without sentience? Philosopher Jonathan Birch explores the boundaries of artificial and evolved minds.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The artistic and the mathematical mind are not so far apart.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
We need to fully acknowledge problems, while vigorously pursuing solutions. Call it “solutionism.”
What we can all learn about the journey from sporting arena to workplace — and how Aristotle can guide our thinking.
Professional sport is a hotbed of "performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.
Webflow CEO Linda Tong tells Big Think how her lifelong love of sports has guided her ascent to the C-Suite.
How choosing Stoic acceptance — not dour resignation — galvanized great leaders from Thomas Edison to Phil Jackson and Tony Hawk.
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Many of us wake up each morning with something Oliver Burkeman calls “productivity debt.” The bestselling author and journalist explains this term as “a sense that you’ve got to work […]
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After decades of drug and alcohol abuse, the chef and television personality labeled himself as an ‘irredeemable human being.’ Everything changed when he found the courage to ask for help.
Unlikely Collaborators
Sahil Bloom explores why wealth isn’t just about money, but about knowing which type of wealth matters most in each season of life.
If humanity lives in an otherwise barren Universe, we'll have to forge philosophy that fills the void.
Here in our Universe, both normal and dark matter can be measured astrophysically. But only normal matter can collapse. Why is that?
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.