Seth Porges is an American

United States

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 science and technology journalist

Journalist

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 and television commentator, currently employed as a senior editor at Maxim

Maxim (magazine)

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 magazine. Previously, he worked as an editor at Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

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 magazine, and as the technology columnist at Bloomberg News. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is a graduate of Northwestern University

Northwestern University

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’s Medill School of Journalism

Medill School of Journalism

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Porges has appeared as a guest commentator on television networks such as MSNBC

MSNBC

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, Fox News, G4

G4 (TV channel)

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, Fox Business, and CNBC

CNBC

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, as well as the Web shows TechVi and Rocketboom

Rocketboom

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. His writing has appeared in publications such as BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek

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, Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, and Editor & Publisher

Editor & Publisher

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He is the son of neuroscientists Stephen Porges and C. Sue Carter

C. Sue Carter

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, and is the subject of a song by musician Wesley Willis

Wesley Willis

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. In 2009, he received attention for serving as a test pilot on the maiden voyage of an experimental pulse jet-powered carousel. In 2006, he appeared as a contestant on Cash Cab

Cash Cab

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. In 2011, he was named one of The New York Observer's "50 Media Power Bachelors".

His work includes regular speaking engagements on topics such as futurism, consumer technology, and the media. He is a noted expert on the history of pinball

Pinball

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