Global Governance

Global Governance

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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Large crowd of well-dressed people socializing at an indoor event; "Substack" is projected on a wall above.
The platform is a digital Royal Society for today's greatest minds — and it could play an essential role in shaping the next civilization.
Multiple country flags on poles against a clear blue sky, representing international diversity and unity.
The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.
MRI scan of a brain side profile overlaid with green squares and circles, set against a purple background.
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.
8 billion
Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.
synthetic biology
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.
enlightenment
A second Enlightenment would have a far bigger task: Saving civilization itself.
The ranking is encouragingly diverse, with the top 10 featuring representation from five regions.