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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.
The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.
You're a moody person. You have to be — because understanding moods philosophically can be crucial to your work-life.
In 8,000-mile journey, a male humpback ditches Colombia for Tanzania — however, scientists don’t know why he made the trip.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
"Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions."
Confronting your "absolute stupidity" is a sign you're on course to learning something new and wonderful.
The cognitive scientist argues the current AI environment is failing us as consumers and a society. But it’s not too late to change course.
How black and white is your thinking?
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“We've engineered a volatile world where Starbucks is completely unchanging from year to year, but democracies are collapsing and rivers are drying up.”
Electromagnetism, both nuclear forces, and even the Higgs force are mediated by known bosons. What about gravity? Does it require gravitons?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Carl Sagan was far from the first to declare we are the children of ancient stars.
Grab a sword, a small plate, and a young child. We've got a demon to summon.
Self-help often distills philosophical ideas for the modern ear. Sometimes, its better to go back to the source.
The Firefly Sparkle galaxy was only spotted because of gravitational lensing's effects. Yet galaxies like these brought us a visible cosmos.
The tech world’s fixation on artificial intelligence has spawned beliefs and rituals that resemble religion — complete with digital deities, moral codes, and threats of damnation.
"We do not experience primarily because we have brains; we experience because we are alive."
Just because you can't experience it doesn't mean it's not real.
We have it in our power to forgive a debt — and learning to use this power in the workplace can be golden.