Andrew Burmon

Andrew is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn. A New England native and recovered Californian, he previously worked for Men's Journal, Maxim, Salon.com, and The Cambodia Daily, among other outlets.

Culture

Shark Week Unofficially Began 240 Years Ago

John Singleton Copley's depiction of a shark attack is now an artistic masterpiece, but it used to be pop culture.

ByAndrew Burmon
Culture

The Year America Took Out the Big Guns

2016 was all about weapons. Then it became one.

ByAndrew Burmon
Culture

More Time Off Helps Nurses Get More Done

A Swedish municipal program proved that the six-hour workday can revolutionize a massive, growing industry.

ByAndrew Burmon
Culture

The Sudden, Inevitable Rewiring of the American Left

When the Democratic Party gave up on technology, progressivism malfunctioned. Now, technophile liberals are preparing to fix a movement.

ByAndrew Burmon
Culture

The Beginning and End of Retrofuturism

What do we make of a white evangelical future now?

ByAndrew Burmon
Science

6 Reasons to Suspect the American Space Vote Went to Trump

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

Where George R.R. Martin's Horse People Keep Their Living Language

The Rosetta Stone for Westeros and Essos is an outdated .pages file.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

How Painting 'A Game of Thrones' Taught an Artist to Love the Lannisters

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ByAndrew Burmon
Science

Real-Time Win Probability Will Change Football Forever

Machine learning will create a fan-centric statistical revolution.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

Westworld's Other Revolution Is Scientific

Dr. Robert Ford, godhead, doesn't begrudge his creations the spirit of inquiry.

ByAndrew Burmon
Science

The 'Bicameral Mind' Explains What's Next for 'Westworld'

An obscure theory from the late 1970s is at the heart of TV's biggest mystery.

ByAndrew Burmon
Science

HBO Helps America Prep for the Automation Revolution

'Westworld' forces its audience to answer some uncomfortable questions about their core functions.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

Why is Captain America Hanging in a Brooklyn Park at Night?

It's complicated. Way more complicated than it looks.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

The Emmys Forgot 'Silicon Valley' is 100% Set Design

Nominate the tiki torches.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

Ehrlich is 'Silicon Valley 'Season 4’s Only Hope

Yeah, he's annoying, but he might be apple to deliver a plot worthy of more than three episodes.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

Independence Day: Resurgence' Proves Bill Pullman Was Evil

He saved us from aliens, but not from ourselves.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

Why It's Bizarre Jack Barker is Quoting Omar From 'The Wire' on 'Silicon Valley'

Either HBO is getting self-referential, or the network execs are obsessed with Ralph Waldo Emerson.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

The 'Silicon Valley' Horse Fucking Joke Should Make Engineers, HBO Writers Wince

Confronting value-creation can be a disgusting business.

ByAndrew Burmon
Entertainment

'Silicon Valley' Hits Google's Dog, Prepares to Smash Palo Alto Office Culture

The professionalization of Pied Piper is just Mike Judge sharpening his teeth.

ByAndrew Burmon
Culture

Did Science Solve the Bermuda Triangle Mystery? No. That's Not How Science Works

In which we learn a neat lesson about geoscience and that it's impossible to prove a negative.

ByAndrew Burmon