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Sustainability Strategy
21mins
Archaeologist Eric Cline has spent his career forensically reconstructing why the Bronze Age collapsed, and the answer is far stranger and more unsettling than a single catastrophic event.
Why we should balance innovation with stewardship — while reframing the “techno-optimists versus doomers” polarization.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Rivals may try to outnumber us with fleets of cheap vessels. Our path is to out-innovate them.
Lew Frankfort — Chairman Emeritus of Coach, Inc. — reveals the surest way for a brand to stand the test of time.
Nuclear chemist Tim Gregory joins Big Think to make the case that nuclear energy can still transform the world for the better.
“Climate analog mapping” finds the place that is currently as warm as your city might be in 60 years.
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.
For millennia, diamonds were the hardest known material, but they only rank at #7 on the current list. Can you guess which material is #1?
Back in 1970, Sister Mary Jucunda wrote NASA, decrying large investments in science. A former Nazi's legendary response is still relevant.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Playing the long game in Japan is about creating something so enduring that it becomes timeless.
On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.
Hang on to something — or ride the wave — because three big tech trends are about to converge.
The laws of physics aren't changing. But the Earth's conditions are different than what they used to be, and so are hurricanes as a result.
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.
7mins
Is human overpopulation alarmist hype with disturbing consequences? Oxford data scientist Hannah Ritchie debunks the overpopulation myth.
As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.
Sometimes called “the new gold,” sand is the second most exploited natural resource in the world after fresh water.
When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.
His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.
6mins
Crypto is a lot of things, but it isn’t a currency. "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O’Leary, a.k.a. “Mr. Wonderful,” breaks down what it would take to get there.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
Alibaba has played a key role in China’s meteoric economic rise.
Some effective altruists “earn to give” — they make as much money as they can and then donate most of it to charities.
A history of injustice and the greatest natural location for ground-based telescopes have long been at odds. Here's how the healing begins.
Why would the Earth suddenly start vomiting forth huge quantities of mud?
Population growth is driven by three changes: Fertility, mortality, and migration.
Methane is a shorter-lived but more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Cleaning it up could have a quick impact on global warming.