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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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What a 1950s experiment reveals about conformity in the age of the internet.
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Although American Thanksgiving only comes once a year, the scientific rules that make our Universe possible are always worth appreciating.
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“Until very recently, I thought I would die with the same genome that I was born with.”
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“Old systems of the past are collapsing, and new systems of the future are still to be born. I call this moment the great progression.”
A woman with long red hair, wearing a puffer jacket, stands outdoors with passion in her gaze—holding binoculars and looking up as a camera hangs from her neck.
Be weird and esoteric because humans are weird and esoteric.
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“Why would adding shame and blame help me improve my behavior?”