This Week on the Internet
It’s week two of CIW Consumables 2014, and CIW’s Brooke Scheyer is here to tell you the latest in sports, business, Late Night Television and—what else?—technology in the LDS Church.
REBUILDING DETROIT
For every story of resiliency and innovation, there is a story of tragedy and despair coming out of the city of Detroit. And while this piece has the CIW team excited and ready for a hipster weekend getaway, this shocked us to our core.
LESSONS ON QUITTING WHILE YOU’RE AHEAD
…from one of my favorite sports writers (side note: if you haven’t read Heaven is a Playground, you must). While I’m still on Team Sherman, I think it’s safe to say that Peyton’s dropped the mic in his response to Sherman’s latest comments. Now, I’m even more ready for one of the smartest guys in sports to get his second ring. Who are you rooting for this Sunday?
10 EASY STEPS TO…END INEQUALITY IN AMERICA
Easy might be an exaggeration. But as the gap between the ultra rich and super poor grows larger, what do you think of these ten ideas to bring back the middle class and redistribute wealth across the country?
ONE BUG, TWO BUGS, RED BUG, DEAD BUG?
There’s a health debate in agriculture and food sciences about how to distinguish good bacteria from bad bacteria and helpful insects from harmful insects. Has science finally found a way to distinguish between the two when it comes to growing our food, a process already at the center of so much debate?
THAT MOMENT WHEN YOUR MISSION LEADER SENDS YOU A FRIEND REQUEST
Ever adapting, the LDS Church has made a somewhat controversial move to incorporate Facebook and other social media sites as tools for their missionaries around the world. This fascinating article captures the multitude of emotions and opinions they’ve faced in the wake of their move online.
THE PIVOT OF ALL PIVOTS
We’ve talked a lot about “the pivot” at CIW over the past year or so as the term ventured from obscure entrepreneurial term into the land of the business buzzword. I’ve read a lot of stories from people who’ve made unlikely career transitions. This one might be my favorite.
DON’T LIE. WE KNOW THIS IS YOUR DREAM, TOO.
Danny Tanner. Uncle Jesse. Ranger Joe. Jimmy Fallon. What more could you want?
This list was compiled by Brooke Scheyer, the Director of Programming for Chicago Ideas Week.
