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A recent study suggests that exposure to visual stimuli can diminish the effects of psychedelic drugs.

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

When AI eats its own product, it gets sick.

We all have a place in our lives where we look the other way and pretend everything is fine. It’s a built-in excuse to act selfishly.

A theoretical physicist returns to Penrose and Hameroff’s theory of “quantum consciousness.”

The world’s “most produced living playwright” wins out over other contestants, including Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood.

There’s value to be found in the arguments that make you uncomfortable — especially in a culture that has trained us to avoid them.

If you believe that you’re perfect, then somebody else must be responsible for your failures.

Blissful ignorance can be a rational choice.

Is the physical universe independent from us, or is it created by our minds, as suggested by scientist Robert Lanza?

Benjamin Breen on his greatest revelations while writing about the birth of psychedelic science.

Your brain is not an obsolete piece of technology. Once properly trained for learning, it’s your ticket to navigating the AI landscape.

When you do something with all your heart and mind, you do it with “meraki.” When we lack this feeling, it can lead to burnout.

Business acumen training can help everyone from individual contributors to directors learn how to seize opportunities for growth.

The benefits of the psychedelic seem to last long after the trip wears off.

A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.

Bram Stoker’s mother survived a terrible cholera outbreak and recounted the ghastly scenes to her son years later.

For some reason, the bodies of deceased monks stay “fresh” for a long time.

The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.

Millions of people have had a near-death experience, and it often leads them to believe in an afterlife. Does this count as good proof?

“We are what our bodies do with what we eat.”

Today’s technology presents unique challenges for social awareness and relationship management at work, making emotional intelligence all the more critical.

“I am free. It’s a lot of effort to be free from the prison that is in your mind, and the key is in your pocket.” – Edith Eva Eger

Some biologists believe natural selection produces animals that are just good enough. Dawkins disagrees.

Elephants mourn the dead, dolphins give names to each other, and insects can recognize faces. The animal world is much smarter than we think.

These practical strategies can help you conquer burnout and achieve a state of calm and focused productivity.

A simple semantic device — invented by a forgotten senator — can help us break “the curse of knowledge.”

The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.

Science has not yet reached a consensus on the nature of consciousness.

Ignoring the legacy of William Shakespeare is difficult for any writer, let alone one as quintessentially English as “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien.