Zachary Shtogren
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Does "Population Die-Off" Need To Be Retooled?
One would think humans would have a notion of preservation lofty enough not to get too bogged down in the semantics of the climate debate, but such is not the case. Read More
June 2, 2009 | In Science & Tech
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Digital Soothsayer Sees Strength In Twitter For Marketers
Blogger Stevel Rubel spoke with Big Think yesterday on the the future of internet advertising, the semantic web and digital media. He's a smart guy. He also has a really cool title at his day job. Read More
May 28, 2009 | In Media & Internet
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French Fringe Groups Together At Last
Though support for European fringe groups generally runs in the single percentage points, voter turnout in next week's elections might not run much higher, which bodes well for those outside the mainstream. Read More
May 27, 2009 | In World
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Where Has All The Fried Possum Gone?
The popular notion that food trends improve over time might be little more than a foodie's conceit. Read More
May 21, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Will Obama Tow The Line On Foreign Policy?
For a president elected on his promise of pulling the U.S. out of Iraq in a jiffy and treating the world at large with a softer hand, observers say Obama is carrying on in much the same tradition of his predecessor when it comes to foreign policy. Read More
May 21, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Gender Scholar Unpacks The "Hidden Brain Drain" Companies Face
Sylvia Hewlett consults organizations worldwide on the value of diversity in their ranks. In her conversation with Big Think this afternoon, she had one message for companies: shun women and minorities at your peril. Read More
May 20, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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Rx For Casualties of Consumerism
"The grand edifice of brand-name consumerism rests on the narcissistic fantasy that everyone else cares about what we buy." So writes John Tierney in this morning's Times. If this sounds familiar, we have some perspective on your relationship with stuff. Read More
May 20, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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When Mobile Phones Become Eco-Watchdogs
From the Department of Really Cool Gadgets comes a protoype for a mobile phone that will alert us to all the bad stuff out there. Read More
May 18, 2009 | In Science & Tech
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Abortion, Stem Cells No Longer Too Hot To Handle
There was a brief moment when it seemed like our perilous red state-blue state divide was closing. It was back when all those gun owners crossed the aisle to vote for Obama. But the hot-button issues are rearing their ugly heads again. Read More
May 18, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Are Low Taxes Taxing Our Happiness?
Americans have found solace in paying low or no taxes since a certain dumping of tea into Boston Harbor in 1773. Low taxes have contributed to the psychology behind the country's economic individualism, but have they made us happy? Read More
May 15, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Pouring Water On The Natural Resource Debate
Oil, gas, timber, corn, slurry, ash. The list of natural resources that could provoke violent conflict in the coming decades is long, but one candidate stands out. Read More
May 14, 2009 | In Environment
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Statistician extraordinaire Hans Rosling is back on the presentation circuit with data that suggests reorienting the debate over the success of AIDS prevention could be a wise next move. Read More
May 14, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
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Crisis Tip From Norway: Know Your Guilt
Etched deep into the DNA of the Anglo-Saxon diaspora is a boundless sense of economic entitlement. Such has consistently been the world's criticism of the west for months now. Some argue that in societies where punishment is worst outcome, entitlement is the natural order of things. Read More
May 14, 2009 | In Business & Economics
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Is Arlen Specter An Old-School Intellectual?
By outlining his near and long-term legislative priorities in a publication read by graying intellectuals and Left Bank expatriates, Arlen Specter may have been trying to tell us something. Read More
May 13, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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"Quaker Monarchy" To Join The Facebook Generation
Thinking people intolerant of network television newscasting have sought refuge in PBS for generations. Now public television's flagship news program, NewsHour, is going 2.0. Read More
May 13, 2009 | In Media & Internet
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Getting Drunk With Your Mu-Opioid Receptors
In keeping with the notion that alcohol allows ordinary people to do extraordinary things, there is evidence to suggest alcohol can also help creative people find their spark...if they're lucky enough to have the Churchill gene. Read More
May 12, 2009 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Happiness Is A Longitudinal Study
What's the exact recipe for happiness? What's the alchemy to assure success? What are the clear signs that in your twenties you will be off the tracks in your forties? You could delve deep into the Big Think archives for these answers, or you could take note of a Harvard endeavor that began in 1942. Read More
May 12, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Will The Recession Kill The Decisive Moment?
If the fine art photography scene is experiencing a rough market, the situation for photojournalists is certainly not far behind. Seems strange at a time when so many ground-breaking stories need shooting. Read More
May 11, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Art, Culture And The Breadline
The forecast for art and culture is partly cloudy this week at Big Think. Read More
May 11, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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To Combat Recession, Denny's Targets Drunken Punks
The destination par excellence for gut-busting dinners and slippery morning-after scrambles has needed to refoot for difficult times. Denny's found the needed salvation for their afterhours business model in the habits one of their more historically loyal demographics: broke kids. Read More
May 11, 2009 | In Business & Economics
Zach Shtogren has worked as a translator at PEN and as a journalist for the now-defunct Catalonia Today and BCN Week. Zach has also worked as an environmental educator in the Peace Corps, taught New York school children urban ecology, and managed the Grand Canyon National Park's greenhouse and nursery. He is also a former Big Think editor. He graduated with a degree in French from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
