Intellectual Diversity

Intellectual Diversity

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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Row of identical yellow rubber ducks in profile, lined up against a black background with abstract white dotted patterns, reminiscent of motifs explored by Susan Schneider.
A conversation with Dr. Susan Schneider on the AI risks we’re not talking about and why the fixation on AGI is misplaced.
Map of Europe overlaid with an image of a contemplative monkey, set against a dark blue grid background.
Whether we should tear down philosophy’s Berlin Wall and let East and West finally merge depends entirely on what we think philosophy is—and what it’s for.
An open book with abstract designs: the left page displays a horizontal row of color blocks, while the right page features a hand touching a network of connected circles, highlighting strong connections.
Sure, “who you know” matters — but your best contacts will be the ones you don’t know very well.
a man with glasses is looking out a window.
Man does not live by measurement alone.
John Templeton Foundation
Simply getting into grad school isn’t enough. The answers to these three questions can make all the difference. It’s time. You’ve done all your research into schools, completed your undergraduate […]