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Business
Why “inner stillness” is crucial for leaders in the age of AI
The nature of “the mind” is always vast and clear no matter how swamped by information we feel — and leaders can learn to embrace this space.
Rasmus Hougaard & Jacqueline Carter
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Business
What I learned over lunch with Warren Buffett
Investor Guy Spier joins Big Think for a chat about the “Oracle of Omaha,” generative AI, what confuses him, and more.
Lucy Handley
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Legends
Ben Horowitz: Quit being a coward and do the hard thing
"You need to run towards the pain and darkness and not away from it. I think the best leaders always run towards the darkness. They always run towards a problem."
Ben Horowitz
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Business
The Julian Metcalfe interview: Charisma, grit, and “that feeling of harmony”
The founder of gourmet fast food juggernauts Pret and Itsu unpacks the meaning of success and what really inspires him.
Lucy Tobin
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Business
Better leadership in 3 “Sketchplanations”
Jono Hey — whose sketches have been shared by the likes of Bill Gates and Steven Bartlett — draws some of his most valued leadership insights.
Jono Hey
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Business
The risk of outsourcing judgment to AI
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Mini Philosophy
We were promised “Star Trek,” so why did we settle for these lousy chatbots?
We need more science fiction-inspired thinking in how we approach AI research, argues AI expert Gary Marcus.
Jonny Thomson
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Big Think+
Big Think+ launches Interests & Role-Based Recommendations
Turn onboarding insights into personalized learning journeys with Big Think+ recommendations.
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The Long Game
The hidden cost of AI: Trading long-term resilience for short-term efficiency
Many expect AI to follow a familiar pattern — technological disruption followed by adaptation — but what are we losing in return?
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The psychology behind “pressure pitfalls” and why it matters for leaders
You got your promotion — but managing the pressure inherent to your elevated role is now a crucial part of your job.
Sabina Nawaz
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Business
The “existential crisis” of knowledge work
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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The Learning Curve
How to walk the path of “everyday enlightenment”
Robert Waldinger, Zen priest and Harvard professor, explains why fulfillment isn’t about reaching an idealized state. It’s found in everyday acts of kindness and compassion.
Hanan Sahourieh
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High Culture
Breaking taboos and blurring truths: How reality TV has shaped society in its own image
From Allen Funt to Donald Trump, author Emily Nussbaum explains how reality TV has blurred the lines between, well, reality and TV.
Tim Brinkhof
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Business
How “Pasteur’s quadrant” enlightens the invention-innovation challenge
Groundbreaking invention does not always translate to commercial benefits. The challenges that faced Microsoft Research help explain why.
Dean Carignan & JoAnn Garbin
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Business
7 things all introverted leaders should know
A re-evaluation of how we perceive introverts in leadership is long overdue. Here are the compelling reasons why.
Sissel Heiberg
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Business
How tiny experiments can lead to exponential outcomes
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Big Think+
The leadership trends that will shape 2025
AI, anxiety, and emotional intelligence are on learners' minds as they prepare to tackle the new year.
Donna Wiggs
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The Long Game
The Anne-Laure Le Cunff interview: How to become “the scientist of your own life”
Neuroscientist and author Anne-Laure Le Cunff discusses the lasting benefits of uncertainty, curiosity, and the experimental mindset.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The 3 pillars of workplace happiness and how to use them
From “job crafting” to questioning our preconceived ideas about work, there are many ways to fight burnout and disengagement.
Tim Duggan
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Business
Investing in an impermanent world: Lessons from mujō
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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