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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Going against the grain is often difficult — but necessary for outperformance over the long-term.
Diogenes engaged in shocking behavior to demonstrate the contradictions, small-mindedness, and sheer absurdity of prevailing social conventions.
The history of hell doesn’t begin with the Old Testament. Instead, hell took shape in the 2nd century from Mediterranean cultural exchange.
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?
In theory, history is the sum of everything that ever happened; in practice, it’s a story we tell ourselves to make sense of and justify our actions in the present.
Scientists often find that they cannot replicate prior findings.
“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
Predicting how emerging technologies will impact industry is more difficult than it seems—and it seems plenty difficult. The reason is that we envision the future based on the present. We […]
Research suggests that aging affects a brain circuit critical for learning and decision-making.
All of these conflicts have a long history. They may also have a long future.
“It’s not always about agreement, more often it’s about business.”
Trump is #45 but Pence is #48 – and other strange consequences of the curious office of vice president.
The accounts spread hashtags like #DemDebateSoWhite and #KamalaHarrisDestroyed.
Three scientist friends, working separately, share the prestigious prize.
Beyond the oceans boiling and the death of our Sun, Earth’s ultimate fate won’t be determined until far in the distant future. It took the Universe 13.8 billion years to create […]
Senator John Sidney McCain III, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the age of 81, is lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.
A listing of some of the British royalty’s favorite family names as the name Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s new baby.
Throughout history, anarchists have been responsible for bombings and assassinations, including some very recent ones.
It may come as a surprise to some to find that anarchism comes in as many flavors as Ben ‘n Jerry’s.
U.S. Supreme Court justices receive lifetime appointments to the bench, but many wonder if indefinite terms do more harm to our legal system than good.
It isn’t the rapture or some crazy prophesy, but science, that tells us when and how the end will come. “The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic […]
Fancy a game of Japanese chess?