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

Lockdowns moved the burden of COVID from the at-risk elderly to the less-at-risk young. Does this sacrifice merit compensation?

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

A powerful psychedelic long used in African rituals shows surprising promise for treating traumatic brain injury and PTSD.

Former SNL star Jay Pharoah answers our most challenging questions about life, self-esteem, and changing his mind.

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

You know Steve-O. Now meet Steve Glover, as the professional stuntman talks to us about pain, insecurity, and never finding contentment.

Take a seat. Take a breath. Take a break.

Meet the ‘brain coach’ who has found a way to flip negative thoughts and actions and use them for good We’re all assigned a label at some point in our […]

Adrie Kusserow, an anthropologist and scholar of Buddhism, shares how her study of the religion and its history has reshaped her view of the world — and herself.

A college education currently provides roughly a 10% rate of return, beating the long-term performance of equities.

Gladiators fought in rounds, and there were referees to enforce rules. Only rarely were gladiators killed.

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

Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.

Although social paranoia is more common than clinical paranoia, studies suggests that American society isn’t any more conspiratorial than it has been in the past.

Honing your skills as a strategic thinker does more than solve problems as they appear; it can be a fast track to the top.

His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.

The creative force behind The Vampire Diaries explains how she learned to deal with her insecurities.

The sober reality behind the effectiveness of two new drugs touted as Alzheimer’s breakthroughs: lecanemab and donanemab.

She’s a fierce competitor on the ice. But the figure skater’s toughest battle has been accepting her shortcomings and learning to love herself.

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

Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?

Fixing chronic pain in the body may sometimes require a treatment focused on the brain.

When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.

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

This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.

It can be overwhelming to navigate the pains of life, but the iconic self-help author believes you can find yourself by answering just four questions

Some neuroscientists question whether the body can “keep score” of anything in a meaningful way.

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