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If you give yourself and others space to tinker and experiment, then you might create something incredible. Here’s how to do it well.

Would you be upset if I called you an eggplant?

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

To break “analysis paralysis,” reduce the number of available options — and introduce an element of chance.

We are not yet at the point where quantum communications can be deployed to secure the internet, but we might not be far off. 

Concerns about privacy and pressures regarding the physical appearance of women and their homes contributed to the failure of AT&T’s 1960s Picturephone.

It is through speaking and listening that human beings become who they are.

Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.

Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.

Russia has spent years exploring the viability of building a self-contained internet. It could soon become reality.

It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.

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Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.

An army of replicators belonging to national laboratories, research universities, and amateur garages is rushing to replicate ambient superconductivity in LK-99.

Hang on to something — or ride the wave — because three big tech trends are about to converge.

Economist Tyler Cowen says there are good reasons to be crypto-skeptical.

As the demonstrations grew, so did the internet service disruptions.

Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn’t find any.

Some of the world’s most satisfied societies are poor, small, and remote.

Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.

In “Not Born Yesterday,” author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier makes the case that misinformation is overrated — and other human foibles are underrated.

“The movement is much bigger than Sam Bankman-Fried, or any one person, no matter how wealthy,” philosopher Peter Singer told Big Think.

In Georgia, it’s becoming less common to pronounce words like “prize” as “prahz.”

Spotty connectivity isn’t going to jeopardize Ukraine’s drone attacks.

In 1957, humanity launched our first satellite; today’s number is nearly 10,000, with 500,000+ more planned. Space is no longer pristine.

Germans are masters of building cars, cooking brats — and sitting while peeing.

Why should anyone care about the metaverse? Expert Matthew Ball explains what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.

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AI is both a tool and a catalyst — and the key to successful integration is to rewrite your rule book and tinker.

“Values emphasizing tolerance and self-expression have diverged most sharply, especially between high-income Western countries and the rest of the world.”