Ian Bremmer advocates for strategic thinking in a rapidly changing world by broadening perspectives, engaging with diverse viewpoints, and understanding root causes, while also stressing the need for personal authenticity and connection to effectively tackle global challenges.

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

The platform is a digital Royal Society for today's greatest minds — and it could play an essential role in shaping the next civilization.

"There is so much more uncertainty and volatility in a world that is moving fast with big countries that are more at odds with each other and with fewer rules of the road that leaders, companies, and societies are adhering to."

The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.

On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.

What we've learning from the world’s coldest, most forbidding, and most peaceful continent.

After cryptoassets, a wave of central bank digital currencies is set to revolutionize our ideas about what money is and how to manage it.

Humanity is in trouble. Here's how aliens could help.

Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.

Synthetic biology has the power to cure and kill. Have we learned from our past mistakes?

"Strategic ambiguity" has long been the West's strategy on Taiwan.

A second Enlightenment would have a far bigger task: Saving civilization itself.

“This is much deeper than just ‘let’s figure out how we can get both sides to get along.’”

The ranking is encouragingly diverse, with the top 10 featuring representation from five regions.