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Mind and Behavior
6mins
Psychiatrist Dr. Bessel van der Kolk discusses key methods for rewiring the brain, kickstarting the healing process, and opening your mind to new perspectives.
Unlikely Collaborators
In "Raising AI," De Kai argues that today's AIs are already more like us than we think they are.
From bondage to freedom: Baruch Spinoza’s guide to the rational life.
What made Leonardo da Vinci last wasn’t magic — it was process — and his study of fluids can help us win the long game.
1hr 16mins
“We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going. Anybody can do that.”
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
18mins
“We are beginning to take our first steps out into the cosmic ocean… and the water seems inviting.”
“It is natural to want to avoid failure. But when we avoid failure, we also avoid discovery and accomplishment."
A paradigm should be elastic enough to accommodate new data and broad enough to explain the world. For Rupert Sheldrake, ours does neither.
Dreams of resurrecting lost species didn’t start in Hollywood or Silicon Valley.
Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.
If you feel like you're missing out on something bigger, you might be feeling saṃvega.
18mins
“The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves.”
10mins
“The voice in your head is not you. You are listening to that voice. It’s a heckler, trying to make you feel bad.”
Many, from neuroscientists to philosophers to anesthesiologists, have claimed to understand consciousness. Do physicists? Does anyone?
Harness the power of “respectful engagement” to make sure everyone in your team feels like they matter.
Curiosity is often considered a personality quirk. Neuroscience paints a different picture.
According to Tolkien, fantasy requires a deep imagination known as "sub-creation." And the genre reflects a fundamental truth of being human.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
12mins
“The very same time that’s making you anxious is actually your most valuable asset. You can always create more energy and more money—but you can never create more time.”
The laws of physics obey certain symmetries and defy others. It's theoretically tempting to add new ones, but reality doesn't agree.
The award-winning nature writer, Robert Macfarlane, talks with Big Think about how to reacquaint ourselves with the rivers in our lives.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
8mins
"You need to embrace these systems and try out what's going on because if you don't understand it, you really can't hope to help your organization adapt and stay in front of this momentous, world-changing technology."
In nature, business, and life, survival doesn’t belong to the optimized — it belongs to those with a built-in buffer.
Will platforms continue to offer the like button as an all-purpose tool — or will each of the button’s various functions exist in new forms?
Unconsidered productivity might leave you moving efficiently in the entirely wrong direction.
1hr 36mins
"It's a true fact, but a bizarre one, that the reason why hundreds of thousands of people died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki rather than Kyoto and Kokura, is because of a 19-year-old vacation and a passing cloud."
What happens when scientists "write what they know"? Some amazing science fiction stories.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.