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In 1957, humanity launched our first satellite; today’s number is nearly 10,000, with 500,000+ more planned. Space is no longer pristine.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn’t find any.
“Values emphasizing tolerance and self-expression have diverged most sharply, especially between high-income Western countries and the rest of the world.”
In Georgia, it’s becoming less common to pronounce words like “prize” as “prahz.”
AI is both a tool and a catalyst — and the key to successful integration is to rewrite your rule book and tinker.
Russia has spent years exploring the viability of building a self-contained internet. It could soon become reality.
Economist Tyler Cowen says there are good reasons to be crypto-skeptical.
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Hunger rates are rising. These technologies could turn the tide.
Voltaire’s wonderful satire, Candide, remains a useful work-life antidote to bogus platitudes and naive optimism.
Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Germans are masters of building cars, cooking brats — and sitting while peeing.
What are we supposed to do when experts look at the same data yet reach starkly different conclusions?
Astronomer Adam Frank reflects on some responses to his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
You’re a moody person. You have to be — because understanding moods philosophically can be crucial to your work-life.
Plagues, war, and genocide were literally frozen in time.
Pugs are funny and cute, but that is because we have bred them intentionally to have debilitating genetic mutations. Is that ethical?
As the demonstrations grew, so did the internet service disruptions.
Quantum computing brings significant opportunities — but equally significant cybersecurity risks.
In a remarkably similar way, conspiracy theories around the world cast doubt on the existence of real places.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
AI programs like ChatGPT can create “thanabots” based on deceased loved ones’ digital communications, allowing us to talk with the departed.
Welcome to the Big Think debut of The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The Danish philosopher’s simple paradox — living forwards while looking backwards — can be translated into golden business insights.
The answer is set to change in the year 2113, a recent estimate suggests.
From Einstein to Twain, Garson O’Toole investigates the truth behind your favorite — and often misattributed — quotes.