Robert Montenegro
Ideafeed Editor
Robert Montenegro is a writer and dramaturg who regularly contributes to Big Think and Crooked Scoreboard. He lives in Washington DC and is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Twitter: @Monteneggroll. Website: robertmontenegro.com.
There’s a difference between how success is measured as a general employee versus how you’re evaluated as a leader. Identifying that gap is key to further advancement.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of iconic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, a group of fans wants to recreate the fate of series’ Spear Of Longinus, which ends up on the moon.
It’s something of a cultural cliché, but counting your blessings is a great way to obtain perspective on a bad day.
Various computer science and theology experts have sounded off on how religion will impact (or be impacted by) the rise of smarter-than-human artificial intelligence.
DIY welding equipment and access to basic lessons are becoming widely available to the layperson. Basic household repairs and projects have never been easier.
Writers without a muse are like runners without legs. Luckily, technology is here to help.
How do you talk to a parent who has decided not to vaccinate their child? Some commentators say, “Don’t bother.”
Rebranding means reinvention — a wiping away of the old and replacing it with the new. Such an identity shift can be both exciting and frightening. Make sure you know what you’re getting into before embarking on an identity shift.
While some school districts have experimented with holding classes via the internet during bad weather, the format isn’t wholly feasible for all subjects.
The way most helicopter parents behave, you’d think the daily chance of dying is equal to a coin flip.
Every form of medical therapy has a Number Needed to Treat (N.N.T.) and Number Needed to Harm (N.N.H.). These statistics help patients learn whether a treatment is worth pursuing.
Legislators in several different states are trying to keep cursive alive by introducing bills mandating its teaching. Some experts—including the architects of common core—don’t feel it’s a priority.
The world is safer now than it ever has been, yet you wouldn’t know it judging from the behavior of a fear-addicted society.
T.J. Breeden’s nonprofit eMerging Enterprises employs a grassroots approach to providing job training and career advice to veterans and other people in need of a helping hand.
Leaders are not defined by their bombastic decision-making, but by the ways in which they pool information to inform their choices.
The long arm of automation is reaching out into realms previously thought unconquerable by machines. The Associated Press is proving journalism to be another of those realms.
Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut has teamed with Covanta Energy Corporation to explore the ways marine waste can be turned into clean energy.
Sports and science go together like Beast Mode and Skittles. Throws, collisions, sprints, and kicks are all dependent on the Laws of Physics.
Young math learners are done a major disservice by speed trials and drills, says education expert Jo Boaler. We need to redesign education so that students work on problems they enjoy.
Only 40 percent of full-time working adults in the United States have a will. That’s not promising for those folks’ loved ones who would be tasked with dividing up their possessions if something awful happens.
European robotics experts obviously have their priorities in order because they’re designing a system to help facilitate more efficient winemaking.
Earlier this week, scientists at UC Irvine revealed that they have learned how to unboil an egg. Their discovery could lead to the development of a protein restoration system that would be a major asset in the fight against cancer.
It may sound crazy, but a lot of the skills and values necessary to launch a successful startup are similar to those that embody punk rock.
New research indicates that today’s college graduates are ill-equipped to enter today’s workforce. The solution is to get more ambitious while matriculating and obtain life experience that hones your ability to innovate and adapt.
Rugby, like business, is a game of inches. Gaining a competitive advantage requires sharp data analysis and advanced analytics.
Inspired by the real-life story behind the recent film Unbroken, the John Templeton Foundation has released a video teaching the importance of forgiveness.
The degree to which the online abuse occurs could necessitate anything from a simple Facebook block to, in more dire cases, a call to the police.
The makers of Oculus unveiled a new project concerned with exploring the burgeoning realm of VR cinema.
Anxious parents tend to lecture when conversing with their kids about topics like drugs and sex. Therapist Holly Brown says it’s better to open your ears a little.
The Sony corporation is still picking up the pieces after suffering a devastating cybersecurity breach in November. The company announced this week that it will miss the deadline to post its third-quarter earnings report.