Zachary EldredgeMy 2019 in Books (with graphs!)2019 was a big year for me, to the point that it seems almost laughable to look back on. I got engaged, which is more exciting than I can…Dec 28, 2019Dec 28, 2019
Zachary EldredgeMy 2018 In BooksI posted the above image on Facebook and Twitter (on Twitter I even added in a few of the graphs I have below) and I was just going to…Dec 31, 20181Dec 31, 20181
Zachary EldredgeSpace Force: The Bad Idea We’ll Obviously DoThis week, Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Trump administration intends to create a new branch of the US military, dubbed, as…Aug 10, 2018Aug 10, 2018
Zachary EldredgeOcasio-Cortez and the Scientist-PoliticiansIn the wake of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory in New York, it was remarkable how many ways she represented a very different kind of…Jul 18, 2018Jul 18, 2018
Zachary EldredgeNo Technology Has An Inevitable FutureA few weeks ago, Google announced that it was no longer going to participate in a program to assist the Department of Defense improving…Jul 10, 2018Jul 10, 2018
Zachary EldredgeAmerican Science Runs On Military Funds. Is That A Problem?How much of the total R&D money that comes from the US government comes from defense agencies? It turns out it’s about half. It’s a little…May 10, 201810May 10, 201810
Zachary EldredgeBuilding A Public Place for ScienceEvery now and then, a survey will be conducted asking Americans to “name a living scientist.” People do somewhat poorly, and articles are…Apr 27, 2018Apr 27, 2018
Zachary EldredgeHow Scientific Inequality Undermines DemocracyWe live in a society where outputs and opportunities are highly unequally distributed. Of course, that comes in many different forms…Apr 19, 2018Apr 19, 2018
Zachary EldredgeWhat Science Activists Can Gain From HistoryThe cliche is that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. If only. If it were so, the best possible strategy for social…Apr 5, 2018Apr 5, 2018
Zachary EldredgePublic Education is a Promise We Make to Each Other…and We’re Breaking that Promise[The following originally appeared as an op-ed in the Tulsa World on March 23, 2018, in the run-up the April teachers’ walkout.]Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018
