The Transformation

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Why we should balance innovation with stewardship — while reframing the “techno-optimists versus doomers” polarization.

Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD, is founder and CEO of GEC Risk Advisory, and a board member and advisor. She is the author of Governing Pandora: Leading in the Age of GenAI[…]

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Measure–Meet–Repeat: Why tracking happiness is crucial to AI at work

AI will shape the future of work, but human leadership will decide whether that future is good — and happiness should be the touchstone.

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Nic Marks

Nic Marks helps organizations measure and improve team happiness. He is the author of Happiness is a Serious Business and founder of Friday Pulse, a London-based tech company.

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Why the real revolution isn’t AI — it’s meaning

AI may be rewriting “how” we work — but not “why” we work. And this has profound implications for leadership.

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Jeff DeGraff

Jeff DeGraff — the “Dean of Innovation” — is an author, speaker, and advisor to Fortune 500 companies and mission-driven organizations worldwide. He’s the CEO and Founder of Innovatrium, Founder[…]

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Will AI create more jobs than it replaces?

The predictions of evolutionary theorists and current advances in “multimodal AI” offer strong clues to the future of employment.

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Essential skills for “weird times”: How internet pioneer Caterina Fake keeps it real

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.

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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.

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How Dell’s membrane paved the way for “headless agents”

In the post-AI startup landscape, the role of the entrepreneur will evolve from operator to orchestrator. Are you ready?

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Why your next CEO could be a machine

Are you ready for the “cybernetic corporation”? Amir Husain “profiles” the hottest company of 2035 — and makes a telling comparison with Nvidia.

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On consciousness, AI, and panpsychism

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Leadership philosophy: Why Machiavelli’s “virtù” fits hand-in-glove with AI

Author and geopolitical strategist Paulo Cardoso do Amaral urges us to ask: Will we shape AI with wisdom, or will AI reshape us with strategy?

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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.

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The “digital dividend”: Rethinking income for the age of AI

Agentic AI pioneer Chetan Dube considers ways that everyone can be lifted by the tide of AI, not just those with the capital to leverage it.

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AI vs. humans: A question of humanity

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.