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A map showing a proposed power transmission route from Darwin, Australia to Singapore, spanning 4,300 km, with sites for electricity supply, battery storage, and solar generation indicated along the route.
Strange Maps
World’s largest solar project will send Australian energy to Singapore
Australia's AAPowerLink boasts three global superlatives: largest solar farm, largest battery, and longest power cable.
Frank Jacobs
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Business
The trillion-dollar answer to AI’s biggest question
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Two men wearing glasses walk side by side outdoors in a sunlit park, with blurred greenery and other people in the background, discussing recent incidents of romance fraud.
The Present
Tinder Swindler: How “romance fraud” became a multi-billion dollar cybercrime
Cecilie Fjellhøy, from the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, shares her experience.
Robin Pomeroy & Sophia Akram
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Business
How “Restoration Networking” can shape our work-life transformation
Mark Weinstein outlines a new path for social media that protects, respects, and empowers the regular users.
Mark Weinstein
An open book with a black-and-white photo of a woman on the left page and a close-up image of a flower bud on the right page.
Smart Skills
3 subtle traits of successful late bloomers
Late bloomers often find their moment of transformation when life throws them a curveball.
Henry Oliver
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Business
5 ways for leaders to evolve with the modern workforce
Anne-Marie Rosser — CEO of creative agency VSA Partners — shares her cross-generational vision for a new brand of leadership.
Anne-Marie Rosser
A black and white portrait of a smiling man in a gray sweater is centered against a vibrant, abstract digital background with blue, purple, and green sections, evoking the essence of humanity striking back.
Business
“Humanity strikes back”: The 5th industrial revolution
Mike Bechtel, chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins Big Think for a wide-ranging look at what’s next — and why.
Mike Hodgkinson
Aerial view of a car parking with proximity sensors activated, showing red and green signals indicating object detection around the vehicle.
The Future
The rise of the semi-autonomous car
Why the road to self-driving vehicles is paved with smarter “dumb” cars.
Kristin Houser
A close-up of gloved hands handling a cryogenic storage device with straw container tubes inside, emitting visible vapor.
The Future
The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF
How technology could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
Kristin Houser
A labeled diagram of a human head's profile showcases areas of the brain related to career, self-esteem, conscientiousness, integrity, ambition, and more personality traits that help individuals work happy.
Business
Happy? Take “psychological ownership” of your job
We spend over a third of our lives at work, yet the global workplace is often not a happy place. The solution may lie with our feelings of attachment.
Sara Daw
A book open to a black and white photo of a steaming mug on the left page and a detailed, artistic portrait of an elderly person on the right page, capturing a sense of rival camaraderie through the contrasting images.
Business
Why it pays to treat competitors with “genuine camaraderie”
Why Bob Stiller — founder and former CEO of billion-dollar beverage company Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — believes shared learnings are a win-win.
Bob Stiller
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8mins
Technology & Innovation
How to Launch Machine Learning Projects with Eric Siegel
Eric Siegel, Co-Founder & CEO, Gooder AI, argues machine learning (ML) projects go astray because their stakeholders focus too often on the technological fireworks — the “rocket science” of predictive models.
Eric Siegel
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Business
10 life lessons from four decades in the market
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A pole with numerous traffic lights mounted in different directions creates an illusion of control against a clear sky background.
Business
Why great leaders know that “control is an illusion”
How to find the right balance between controlling teams and allowing them the agency to make mistakes — and learn from them.
Hans-Werner Kaas, Dana Maor, Ramesh Srinivasan & Kurt Strovink
Top image: Close-up of hands slicing a piece of raw meat with a knife, emphasizing precision akin to the longevity sought in business immortality. Bottom image: Close-up of two Zildjian cymbals of different sizes on a grid pattern background.
The Long Game
Business “immortality” and the art of focus
In a world of distractions, several remarkable companies show why focus is the ultimate strategy for endurance.
Eric Markowitz
Open book with an image of a brain on the left page and a pencil eraser unlearning old marks on the right page.
Business
Why “unlearning” is your best slayer of “zombie leadership”
By unlearning old leadership mindsets, cultures, and assumptions we can move from Industrial Age thinking to Intelligence Age thinking.
Terence Mauri
Film strip collage of abstract images—including faces with X marks, colorful patterns, and nature elements—evokes the vibrant allure of "Crazy Rich Asians.
High Culture
“Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon Chu on the American Dream and silencing your inner critic
"No matter how long you’ve been doing a job or how good people say you are, you need to care as if you’ve never done it before."
Tim Brinkhof
A group of vintage uniformed men, some wearing helmets, appear startled or curious while standing in what seems to be an office setting. The man on the left is speaking into a telephone, possibly exemplifying the Peter Principle as he manages the unexpected situation.
Business
The “Peter Principle”: Why most companies are filled with people out of their depth
Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?
Jonny Thomson
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Business
The unconventional philosophy behind “founder mode”
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A collage of clock faces—one depicting cavemen, another showing hands typing on a laptop, and a blank clock—symbolizes the hyperefficient evolution of work over time.
Business
5 ways to escape “survival mode” and reduce stress at work
These practical strategies can help you conquer burnout and achieve a state of calm and focused productivity.
Karden Rabin
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