Guest Thinkers — December 12, 2010

Why do people agree to do this?

The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free.

MC Rove in the house: LINK

The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free.

A geometric collage with partial photos of two people, a delivery robot labeled "prime" inspired by Amazon robotics, and vintage map textures, overlaid by the text "THE NIGHTCRAWLER.

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

Image split in half: left side shows a woolly mammoth in a natural landscape; right side shows an illustrated mammoth skeleton on a yellow background.

The Past

The strange history of de-extinction began long before the science

Dreams of resurrecting lost species didn’t start in Hollywood or Silicon Valley.

An old black and white photo showing a man smoking a cigarette.

Mini Philosophy

Saṃvega: The urgent realization that you need a more meaningful life

If you feel like you’re missing out on something bigger, you might be feeling saṃvega.

Collage with a steam locomotive, a globe with a syringe, and train tracks sparks curiosity, overlaid by the text "The Nightcrawler" on a dark grid background.

Business

Curiosity as a survival skill to navigate change

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

A silhouette of a person seated with blurred movement in the background and large text reading "KNOW YOUR EXIT" on the right.

Most people freeze in a crisis. Here’s why — and how to stop it

“The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves.”

▸

19 min

—

with

Amanda Ripley

Up Next

Guest Thinkers

Rives at TED

I have been religiously watching the TEDTalks series, a group of videos produced by TED. Overall I’ve been mostly impressed with the speakers, very cool stuff. Here’s an EXCELLENT spoken […]