The Therapy Shift: From Divine Retribution to Brunch Topic
We used to believe that people with mental health issues were possessed by demons or cursed. Less than a century ago lobotomy was still in wide use. T...
The Employment Shift: From Corporations to Business
We’ve all thought about it. Leaving agency jobs and going out on our own. Independent designers that have worked with Spotify, NASA, Google and others...
The Cannabis Shift: From Criminalization to Post-war Reconstruction
When you hear 'cannabis' you most certainly think of a drug. But few know that cannabis is an incredibly multifaceted plant. Todd Scattini, a retired...
The Rosé Shift: From Centuries-Old Traditions to Instagrammable Premium Wine
What comes to your mind when you hear "French wine"? , Generations of winemakers, beautiful family estates and elegant people looking for notes of oak...
The Addiction Shift: From Punishment to Treatment
100 years ago addicts were considered second-class citizens in the US. Their morality was questioned, they did not get any help whatsoever, and accord...
The Poker Shift: From Journalism to the Casino Table
Today poker is not about cowboy hats, smoke-filled casinos and lost family wealth. Over the last century the game changed economics, political scienc...
The Algorithm Shift: From Game Theory to Organ Transplants
In the 60s two mathematicians came up with an algorithm. The scientists jokingly suggested it should be used for matchmaking but never actually propos...
The Career Shift: From Scientific Research to Business
Do you know what it takes to become a scientist? You spend at least 9 years in a closed community that lives by a particularly rigid set of rules and ...
The Startup Shift: From Tech CEO to Social Impact Startup
Alex Stephany is an entrepreneur from London with a startup breaking barriers in the sharing economy. One day a homeless man at a tube station drew hi...
The Research Shift: From IVF to The Pill
An american biologist Gregory Goodwin Pincus was the first scientist to experiment with in vitro fertilization and even achieve some level of success....