Author: Chris Gorrie
Chris Gorrie
Chris Gorrie is a writing consultant and digital marketer from San Diego, CA. Since completing an MA degree at San Diego State University, he's worked as the Nonfiction Editor of Consequence Forum and a Senior Network Editor for The Arena Group. He is also the founder of Text Sense, a content and digital strategy agency.
Archaeologists working in the ancient town of Spello, Italy uncovered a remarkable discovery during their recent excavation efforts. What they unearthed was an ancient pagan temple dating to the Roman period. They believe that the building was constructed during the reign of Emperor Constantine, Rome’s ruler from 306 to 337 C.E. Who Was Constantine? Dosseman/Wikimedia Commons Constantine I, or Constantine the Great, was a Roman Emperor who ruled in the first third of the 4th century C.E. He is remembered for his leadership during a major time of transition in the Roman Empire, as well as for moving the capital…
Most of us don’t typically think of frugal living when we imagine how millionaires spend their fortunes. 28-year-old Lucy Guo bucks this trend and offers advice on how to do just that. Who is Lucy Guo? @guoforit/Instagram Born in October of 1995, Lucy Guo is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who is currently one of the world’s wealthiest women under 40. Guo co-founded Scale AI, an artificial intelligence platform that enables developers to create application programming interfaces to automate repetitive human tasks. She is also the current CEO of Passes.com. Guo has a (perhaps) unusual knack for living frugally, a…
Elon Musk has just lost a major legal battle over a California law that will force social media platforms to make their content moderation policies publicly available. Musk, whose X replaced the Twitter platform after its purchase in 2022, sued California in September. Musk was hoping to avoid filing semiannual reports that explain moderation guidelines and having to list objectionable posts and platform responses to them. Toxic Social Media or Constitutional Right? Grant S/Unsplash The new law is being passed under the premise that it will help combat toxic social media posts and communications. Musk, known to be a “free…
Before we get too carried away, it should be clarified what we mean when we start talking about people named in the infamous “Epstein Files.” Having one’s name in these files does not immediately draw controversy or direct the finger of blame at anyone. The files mention everyone from Jeffrey Epstein’s employees to witnesses in court cases he was involved in, and even people with only the slightest of associations with the late, greatly dishonored businessman. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Who Was Jeffrey Epstein? Stephen Ogilvy/Wikimedia Commons First things first–who exactly was Jeffrey Epstein? He was an American…
In fall 2023, Lithium Americas Corporation hit the mother lode in a volcanic crater along the Nevada-Oregon border. This massive 20-40 million metric tonnes of lithium have the potential to really shake things up in the world of tech. Why is This Lithium Deposit a Big Deal? Carlos Varela/Wikimedia Commons This lithium deposit is a huge deal because it’s the backbone of the modern era. It’s the juice that powers everything from electric cars to the smartphones buzzing in everyone’s pockets. Without lithium, you cannot produce batteries, ceramics, aluminum, and more. Popular Mechanics has even referred to it as “white…
Small, South-African-based startup Renergen was going about business as usual in 2013. They executed a purchase on the rights to explore and produce on a plot of land near Virginia in South Africa’s Free State province. The company, who produces and sells compressed natural gas and produces helium and liquified natural gas, expected to find small reserves of natural gas on the land. The goal was to extract, refine, and sell it to nearby mining operations. Little did they know what they’d discover beneath the soil. Renergen Begins Testing the Gas Mark.murphy/Wikimedia Commons The company began a sustained process of…
As 2023 fades into memory, another partial government shutdown looms over the American public. Fall of 2023 already saw close calls in September and November, which were avoided due to bipartisan continuing resolutions. The continuing resolution, a short-term, two-tiered bill, passed by Congress in November may have the country facing a replay of the 2018 and 2019 shutdowns. The November bill extended funding for some government agencies and programs until January 19, with others receiving a February 2 end date. The situation has led Brian Gardner, a chief policy strategist at Stifel, to speculate that “A partial government shutdown beginning…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December 2021 in an effort to increase the international community’s understanding of the universe. This highly advanced space telescope has the ability to outstrip Hubble Space Telescope and see back to the formation of early galaxies. A little under a year and half after its launch, the telescope has started sending back images that are flabbergasting to astrophysicists and cosmologists. Early Galaxies Too Big to Fit Current Models Adam Evans/Wikimedia Commons The images received show at least six galaxies formed in the ballpark of 500 million years after the Big Bang. The…
Continents go missing? You heard that right. We’re taught in school that the Earth has seven continents: North and South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, and Antarctica. However, geoscientists define “continent” a bit more loosely than this. They consider certain other landmasses made up of continental crust to be continents too. Many of these may be hidden from our view due to complete underwater submersion. How Do We Know That Continents Go Missing? Source: Koreller/Wikimedia Commons How do geoscientists actually go about confirming the existence of lost continents? It has to do both with the passage of time and the…