Scotty Hendricks

Scotty Hendricks

Contributing Writer

scotty hendricks

Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.

From Ramses II to Alexander the Great, these leaders helped shaped the world we know today.
The minimum wage is a popular policy, but it's not the only way governments have tried to help workers secure a decent living.
celibacy
While becoming a monk is an evolutionary dead end for the individual, celibacy reaps benefits for the group as a whole.
politics memory
A new study shows that political partisans are more likely to remember things that didn't happen — as long as it fits their narrative.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss Enlightenment philosopher who praised a simple life and inspired the worst of the French Revolution.
Seattle slowly raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour. The results provide fuel for both sides of the minimum wage debate.