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Blog
This Could Be Important, My Conversation with Pamela McCorduck
In 2019, the ETC Press published Pamela McCorduck's book, THIS COULD BE IMPORTANT. Here, I'm releasing clips of our conversation about her life as one of the early science + technology writers.
Read More ›A SXSW Guide to Surviving the Nerdpocalypse
A compendium of what I've learned in my twenty-five years navigating SXSW Interactive, the greatest show on earth.
Read More ›Elizabeth Wurtzel: She Was Our Rock God Writer
Elizabeth Wurtzel was—and forever will be—our GenX Rock God Writer.
Read More ›GenX Tribe: On Trauma, Growing Up, Media, & How We Interact with the World
https://twitter.com/thebradking/status/1086778465473490945 Back in January, I posted a tweet about Generation X that turned my life a little bit bonkers for […]
Read More ›GenX, That Damned Newsweek Editorial, George Michael, and the Twitter Hellscape
In 1993, Newsweek labeled GenX as the "The Whiny Generation." We've been not giving a shit about that since. Also—George Michael is pretty great.
Read More ›GenX Tribe: Breaking Bones and Other Stories of Walking it Off
GenXers grew up breaking bones, having accidents, and dealing with mayhem—and many times going to the doctor was the LAST thing we did. So—share your story of GenX Catastrophes!
Read More ›The Books that Influence My Writing Life
My favorite conversation: What books influenced you? These are the books that influenced my life as a writer.
Read More ›The Fourth of July and the Meaning of the Declaration
My middle school history teacher John Viall—a dedicated and decorated teacher—wrote a wonderful post about America, the Fourth, and e pluribus unum.
Read More ›Won't You Be My Neighbor, or How Mister Rogers Took on a Border Wall
King Friday XIII orders a border wall to be built. Lady Aberlin takes balloons, tied with messages of peace and love, and floats them across the wall.
Read More ›Free eBook on Machine Learning, A.I., and the Modern World
Sign up for my mailing list and get a free PDF of my latest book, Frankenstein's Legacy: Four Conversations about Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and the Modern World.
Read More ›About That Thing You Ask Me About Hillbilly Elegy
That's where the single narrative becomes so dangerous. Because people don't know the history of the region, and they don't understand its problems. Yet many of those same people have a great number of preconceived notions they aren't afraid to unleash.
Read More ›The Curious Case of Explaining, not Excusing
As I sat down to write this book, I was faced with this strange tightrope act: I wanted to write a book about why Appalachia and its people ended up as they have, but I also needed to acknowledge its sometimes brutal and horrible history.
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