Mark Roeder
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| birth_name = Mark Lewis Mendick Roeder
| birth_date = 1957
| birth_place = London, England
| nationality = Australian British
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| education = University of NSW
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Mark Lewis Mendick Roeder (born 28 May 1957) is an Australian-British author and cultural commentator. He has written The Big Mo (book): Why Momentum Rules The World (2011),{{cite web|author=Richard Evans |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a2fa4a8c-39fc-11e0-a441-00144feabdc0.html |title=Fast-growing trends upset the balance |publisher=FT.com |date=16 February 2011 |access-date=6 September 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/why-momentum-rules-our-world/2975654 |title=Why momentum rules our world – Late Night Live – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date= |access-date=6 September 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2011/3_march/books-momentum_64_07.html |title=Book review | The Big Mo |publisher=Director.co.uk |access-date=6 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425083919/http://director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2011/3_march/books-momentum_64_07.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|author=RL Shankar |url=http://newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article476219.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106113350/http://newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article476219.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2013 |title=The rise of the Big Mo |publisher=The New Indian Express |date= |access-date=6 September 2013}} and Unnatural Selection: Why The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth (2013).NPR interview with Mark Roeder. http://www.kera.org/2015/01/07/nerd-nation/{{cite web |last=Roeder |first=Mark |url=http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Unnatural-Selection-Why-Geeks-Will-Inherit-Earth-Mark-Roeder/?isbn=9781743095683 |title=Unnatural Selection: Why The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth by Mark Roeder |publisher=ABC/Harpercollins.com.au |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=6 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312203756/http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Unnatural-Selection-Why-Geeks-Will-Inherit-Earth-Mark-Roeder/?isbn=9781743095683 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |url-status=dead }} Roeder's books and articles explore social phenomena and the impact of technology on human behaviour.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/australiatalks/live-simply-connect-less/3015768 |title=Live Simply: Connect Less – Australia Talks – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date= |access-date=6 September 2013}}Interview of Mark Roeder by John Naish, Psychologies Magazine. (Pages 68–71) February 2011.
Background and education
Roeder was born in London, England. His father, Reuben Mendick, was a medical doctor and dux of George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=http://www.george-heriots.com/former-pupils/other-items-for-fps/school-captains-and-duxes |title=School Captains and Duxes George Heriot's School |publisher=George-heriots.com |date= |access-date=6 September 2013}} Roeder's maternal great, great grandfather is the author Frank Fowler, who played a significant role in Australia's early literary history. Roeder holds a master's degree in Business and Technology (MBT) from the University of NSW.
Career
Before becoming a writer, Roeder worked as a corporate executive, and held senior roles at UBS Banking Group, Zurich Insurance Group and Westpac and lived in London, New York, Sydney and Zurich. He currently works as a consultant with David Hale (economist) Global Economics, and is a Delphi Fellow contributor to Big Think.{{cite web|last=Roeder |first=Mark |url=http://bigthink.com/users/markroeder2 |title=Mark Roeder | Author, Financial Executive |publisher=Big Think |date= |access-date=6 September 2013}}
Works
Roeder's book, The Big Mo (2011), explores the role that large-scale momentum played in the global financial crisis.{{cite web |url=http://www.businessworld.in/en/storypage/-/bw/going-against-the-momentum/r335666.0/page/0 |title=Going Against The Momentum |publisher=Businessworld.in |access-date=6 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083601/http://www.businessworld.in/en/storypage/-/bw/going-against-the-momentum/r335666.0/page/0 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.financialriskstoday.com/bigmo_june.php |title=Building a momentum |publisher=Financialriskstoday.com |date=6 February 2011 |access-date=6 September 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moneylife.in/article/the-big-mo-snowballing-impact/23146.html |title=The Big Mo: Snowballing impact – Moneylife |publisher=Moneylife.in |date= |access-date=6 September 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://sydneyanglicans.net/blogs/books/the_forces_of_change |title=The forces of change | Books | Blogs |publisher=Sydneyanglicans.net |date= |access-date=6 September 2013}} It was described by the Financial Times as 'A compelling book that journeys seamlessly from finances to the Iraq war, from oil prices and climate change to religion and pop culture in an effort to explain how we behave and why we are so easily led.' Roeder explained that,
{{Quotation|Recent technological advances, such as computer-driven trading programs, together with the increasingly interconnected nature of markets, have magnified the momentum effect. This effect is not limited to the financial markets. It can be felt across other aspects of society, particularly in politics, business, technology and the media where Big Mo, now operates on a massive scale.}}
The ABC broadcaster and critic Phillip Adams described The Big Mo as 'a revelation. In our personal, political and economic lives we seem to be swept along by circumstances. Our attempts to change direction are doomed. The Big Mo explains why.' The Guardian 's Steven Poole, criticised the book for 'overstretching the Newtonian-physics analogy'.{{cite news|author=Steven Poole |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/05/steven-poole-nonfiction-choice-reviews |title=Etcetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice – reviews | Books |work=The Guardian |date= 5 February 2011|access-date=6 September 2013 |location=London}}
Roeder's book, Unnatural Selection: Why the Geeks will Inherit the Earth (2013), analyses the impact of technology on human evolution and the rise of the ‘geek’ class.{{cite web | url=http://www.lastampa.it/2015/01/02/blogs/obliqua-mente/addio-maschio-alpha-il-mondo-lo-domineranno-i-secchioni-SIs9fWTD668WM37rztdlzI/pagina.html | title=Addio maschio alpha, il mondo lo domineranno i secchioni | date=3 January 2015 }}Adam Spencer, ABC. 4 November 2013.
http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2013/11/why-geeks-shall-inherit-the-earth.html?site=sydney&program=702_breakfast {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083708/http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2013/11/why-geeks-shall-inherit-the-earth.html?site=sydney&program=702_breakfast |date=4 March 2016 }}The Australian newspaper. 18 October 2013.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/books/story-e6frgabx-1226741781473
It suggests that the Man-made environment of the Anthropocene is selecting for more diverse traits in humans, compared to previous generations, which is fostering a cognitive revolution in the human species.
Bibliography
- What We Do Next Really Matters. (2022). Australian Scholarly Publishing & Arden International. {{ISBN|978-1-922-66920-9}}
- Unnatural Selection: Why the Geeks Will Inherit the Earth. (2013). HarperCollins. {{ISBN|9780733328367}}, (2014) Arcade Publishing (USA & Europe) {{ISBN|1628724358}}
- The Big Mo: Why Momentum Rules the World. (2011). HarperCollins (Australasia) {{ISBN|9780733328367}}, Random House (Europe and Global) {{ISBN|0753539373}}, Xinhua Publishing House (China). {{ISBN|9780730494485}}
- "What’s Next (The Diminishing Returns of the Information Age – section)" (2012). David & Lyric Hale. Yale University Press. {{ISBN|0300170319}},{{cite web|url=http://yalebooks.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/author-article-by-lyric-hale-news-of-the-world-why-too-much-information-is-helping-us-make-bad-decisions/ |title=Author article by Lyric Hale: News of the World – Why too much information is helping us make bad decisions | Yale Books Blog: Yale University Press London |publisher=Yalebooks.wordpress.com |date=26 July 2011 |access-date=6 September 2013}}
- Space Invaders. Co-authored as Mark Mendick with Julian Wolanski. Consolidated Press. {{ISBN|0855668229}}
References
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External links
- [http://bigthink.com/users/markroeder2 Big Think]
- [http://www.markroeder.net Mark Roeder official website]
- [http://speakerpedia.com/speakers/mark-roeder Speakers Bureau]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131213131004/http://www.austlit.com/a-list-r-z.html Australian Literary Management]
- [http://www.thebigmo.info Big Mo website]
- [http://www.disertaconferenciantes.com/bios/mark_roeder_bio.pdf Diserta Bureau]
- [http://www.davidhaleweb.com David Hale Global Economics]
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