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Book cover of "Disrupt Everything and Win" by James Patterson and Patrick Leddin, PhD, featuring a striking yellow background with bold black and white text, stylized burst lines, and the unmistakable style of James Patterson.
Business
Are you an effective trailblazer?
Trailblazing isn’t limited to the executive suite: Cultures of disruption happen when people at every level step up to lead change.
James Patterson & Patrick Leddin
A digital collage features the title "THE NIGHTCRAWLER," a robotic dog inspired by China tech, vintage storefronts, and abstract purple geometric shapes.
Business
A postcard from the frontlines of China’s tech boom
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A black-and-white portrait of JoJo Simmons is centered between an image of a film camera on the left and a close-up of a hand adjusting audio mixing controls on the right.
Business
How to lead by listening: What growing up on MTV taught JoJo Simmons
Reality TV star, music producer, and serial entrepreneur JoJo Simmons on the power of listening and the massive benefits of switching off.
Tim Brinkhof
Collage featuring "THE NIGHTCRAWLER" text, a black-and-white photo of a person, tree roots reminiscent of smart forests, and code fragments, all overlaid on a gray grid background.
Business
What the forest can teach us about resilience
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A storytelling collage featuring a man inspecting barrels, a person holding a skull mask, another man observing the mask, and the text "THE NIGHTCRAWLER" in bold black and orange.
Business
Exceptional storytelling and the myth of superhuman AI
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Two men in suits sit side by side, each holding a white cup and saucer, with only their torsos and hands visible—one could easily imagine Aaron Hurst sharing a thoughtful conversation over coffee.
Business
How “6 points of connection” can repair our shared trust
Social entrepreneur Aaron Hurst explains why the decline of social connection is the greatest challenge of our time — and offers a roadmap for restoration.
Aaron Hurst
A man with a bald head and beard sits on a chair with arms resting on his lap, in front of a yellow rectangle with black lines and dots extending outward.
Big Think+
4 requirements for high performance
Why talent alone isn’t enough to achieve your goals.
Josh Browning
Bogumil Baranowski, dressed in a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie, stands and smiles in front of a plain light blue background.
The Long Game
The Bogumil Baranowski interview: “Treat everyone with care”
The investment advisor and host of the Talking Billions podcast explores childhood curiosity, building networks through kindness, and more.
Eric Markowitz
A collage featuring an open book, a light source, and images of the moon captures post-AI wisdom, with the title "The Night Crawler" at the top.
Business
Creating wisdom infrastructure for the next 100 years
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover of "The Generalist Advantage" by Mansoor Soomro, PhD, featuring a circular diagram of four generalist types—Ultra, Domain, Hybrid, and Skill Generalist—highlighting the unique generalist superpowers each type offers.
Business
The 6 superpowers of generalists: Leadership gold dust
From Apple to Airbnb to OpenAI the generalist mindset has been an invaluable source of advantage — and we can all learn from these successes.
Mansoor Soomro
Collage featuring a snail, two hands gripping a baton symbolizing succession, and a boat, overlaid on a pink and black grid pattern with the text "THE NIGHTCRAWLER" at the top.
Business
Inside the subtle art of succession
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Silhouette of a person standing with hands in pockets, surrounded by concentric oval lines resembling tree rings that symbolize lifespan, in various shades of brown.
Health
5 science-backed ways to extend your healthspan
Living longer is only half the equation. Here’s how to stay healthier for more of those years.
Elizabeth Xiradakis
A collage featuring a subway train, a person in elaborate costume, stylized crows, and the text "The Nightcrawler" on a dark grid background explores the myth of leadership in an urban landscape.
Business
The myth of leadership
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A flowchart with a large question mark at the top leads to boxes containing photos, abstract patterns, and arrows connecting each step on a textured green background.
Smart Skills
When to quit: A simple framework for life’s toughest decisions
Annie Duke, a poker champion turned decision scientist, talks with Big Think about how to choose well under uncertainty.
Danny Kenny
A worker in protective gear operates machinery in an industrial facility, with a partial overlay of solar panels and geometric patterns above—hinting at the innovative spirit found in stellar societies.
The Long Game
The Tony Seba and James Arbib interview: Why the future belongs to “stellar societies”
The cofounders of think tank RethinkX are convinced that humanity is undergoing civilizational phase change.
Eric Markowitz
A collage with "The Nightcrawler" text, historic photos of Indigenous people, a blue-toned statue reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci's art, and blue ocean waves overlapping the images.
Business
How to “outlast”: What Leonardo da Vinci can teach us
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A failure of a paper airplane constructed from crumpled paper.
The Learning Curve
How to find success with the 4 conditions of “intelligent failure”
“It is natural to want to avoid failure. But when we avoid failure, we also avoid discovery and accomplishment."
Kevin Dickinson
A white brain model is wrapped in colorful electrical cables, set against a plain blue background.
Smart Skills
How curiosity rewires your brain for change
Curiosity is often considered a personality quirk. Neuroscience paints a different picture.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
A graphic featuring the text "The Nightcrawler," a black-and-white photo of a lighthouse amid waves that outlast the storm, and a green-tinted portrait of a man.
Business
Why I’m writing OUTLAST: a book about resilience (and hope)
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A collage features a masked life-saver in surgical attire, a palm tree scene, and bold text reading "The Night Crawler" against a geometric background.
Business
The one concept that saved my life
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A man in a suit holds up a Hurricane Dorian forecast map in an office, tracing the storm’s projected path and intensity over several southeastern U.S. states and the Bahamas—echoing the urgent clarity of a 1938 science manifesto defending democracy.
Starts With A Bang
This 1938 pro-science manifesto defended democracy against fascism
As democracy recedes and fascism rises in the USA and around the world in 2025, history provides a lesson in how science can fight fascism.
Ethan Siegel
A stylized collage featuring an X-ray of human lungs above and a dandelion dispersing seeds below, set against green and beige backgrounds, evokes the easy, slack flow of breath and gentle change.
The Long Game
“Slack”: The key to resilience in a world that keeps breaking
In nature, business, and life, survival doesn’t belong to the optimized — it belongs to those with a built-in buffer.
Eric Markowitz
A large black question mark with the words "live the questions" overlaid in cursive font, set against a beige background with red abstract lines.
Thinking
The 1903 letter that’s helped countless people embrace the unknown
"Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, like books written in a truly foreign language."
Elizabeth Weingarten
Collage of a snarling wolf, a stock market graph, and abstract shapes, overlaid with the bold text "The Night Crawler" hints at de-extinction possibilities.
Business
The paradox of survival: Learning to live from the extinct
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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The Long Game
The Seth Godin interview: What I learned about the long view from sci-fi legends
Bestselling author Seth Godin urges us to rethink our definition of longevity — and to step back and measure what matters.
Eric Markowitz
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Smart Skills
You’re not lost. You’re just following someone else’s map.
Those who know who they are — and what they truly value — refuse to compromise their authentic direction to placate others.
Danny Kenny
Abstract design featuring the words "The Nightcrawler," red palm trees, a stylized map, and a large apple symbol—all compelling you to rethink modern aesthetics.
Business
Rebuilding is easy: Rethinking is hard
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Collage featuring a historical emergency hospital photo, a palm tree silhouette, and an L.A. County fire helicopter soaring above the cityscape—a testament to build better, resilient urban landscapes.
The Long Game
What if we built something better? When disaster sparks reinvention
The history of catastrophe shows that true resilience comes not from restoration, but from reinvention.
Eric Markowitz
An aerial view captures two pairs of tennis players, akin to The Four Enemies, shaking hands at the net on a lush green court.
Mini Philosophy
The 4 types of enemies (and how to defeat them)
Buddhism has rules for slaying your enemies. But the real surprise is finding out who your enemies actually are.
Jonny Thomson
A stylized image showcases poker chips and a green Swiss army knife, intricately overlaid with circuit patterns, hinting subtly at AI risk. The word "Nightcrawler" graces the top, adding an enigmatic touch.
Business
The risk of outsourcing judgment to AI
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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