Brandon A. Weber

Brandon A. Weber

Contributing Writer

Brandon Weber has been writing and creating viral joy on the Innerwebz for over 7 years at Upworthy, The Progressive, Big Think, and more. His book on forgotten histories of unions, working people, veterans, and other marginalized people is available on Barnes & NobleAmazonPowell's

Millennials are the first generation on track to make less than their parents. Of course, there was that whole Great Recession starting in 2008...
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin captured the first selfie in space, and he doesn't want kids these days to forget it.
The chances of an asteroid large enough to be a threat to areas where human beings are concentrated are small. Still, it's what's known as a "high impact" result.
Please tell me that Internet trolls didn't just get a huge leg up.
In the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, a new one has appeared: Gaming Disorder.
Pizza? Doughnuts? They satisfy the brain's reward center like nothing else.
We were gaining three IQ points per decade for many, many years. Now, that's going backward. Could this explain some of our choices lately?