Culture & Religion — May 26, 2009

Tomorrow At Big Think: Blogger Steve Rubel

expert and blogger Steve Rubel comes to Big Think tomorrow to discuss

the intersection between the new media technologies and marketing

strategies. Post your questions for him here.

Steve Rubel is Senior Vice President and Director of

Insights for Edelman Digital. He is regularly referred to by CNET PC Magazine, Forbes and other magazines for his knowledge of media and

online trends as they affect marketing communications.

Rubel has been included on a number of notable lists including PR

Week’s 40 Under 40, The Forbes.com Web Celeb 25, PC Magazine’s 100

Favorite Blogs, Media Magazine’s Media 100, the AlwaysOn/Technorati

Open Media 100 and the CNET News.com Blog 100.

His blog, Micro Persuasion, follows digital trends and has 50,000 daily readers. Rubel also writes a bi-weekly column in Advertising Age.

Collage of classical art suggesting a theme related to somatic markers.

Business

How “somatic markers” can transform your decision-making

Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.

A black and white image of a bunch of spheres, symbolizing the multiverse concept discussed by scientists.

Starts With A Bang

How logic and reasoning can fail as scientific tools

In logic, 'reductio ad absurdum' shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.

A wooden sign indicating "assisted migration rep 2" in a pine forest under a clear blue sky.

Life

Moving trees north to save the forests

As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.

Historical map illustration depicting a planned city layout with a circular central area and radiating streets.

Strange Maps

Ohio’s Circleville ditched the grid system. Then it got squared.

A small Ohio town tried to escape America’s addiction to rectangular grids. It didn’t last long.

Bullet Cluster separation mass gravity x-ray lensing

Starts With A Bang

Flagship NASA space telescope faces a penny-pinching death

NASA's only flagship X-ray telescope ever, Chandra, still works and has no planned successor. So why does the President want to kill it?

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