Howard Bloom

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Howard Bloom (2013)

Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American author. In the 1970s and 1980s he was a PR agent for well-known rock stars such as Prince , Billy Joel and Michael Jackson . In 1988 he fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome . Since the mid-1990s, he has published several books on topics such as social intelligence and group behavior .

biography

Early years

As a child, Howard Bloom developed a keen interest in scientific topics, especially cosmology and microbiology . At age 12 he won the Westinghouse Science Award for a computer design. At 16 he was working as a research assistant at one of the world's largest cancer research centers, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. He earned a degree from New York University ( " Magna cum laude "), but the turned at the age of 25 years, the music business and became among other things, publisher of a rock magazine.

public relations

In 1976 Bloom founded the Howard Bloom Organization PR agency, which represented a number of well-known rock musicians, including Prince , Billy Joel , the band Styx , Michael Jackson , Cyndi Lauper , the Talking Heads , Lionel Richie , ZZ Top , Bette Midler , AC / DC , Simon & Garfunkel , John Mellencamp , Earth, Wind & Fire , Kiss and Bob Marley .

author

Bloom's career took a new turn in 1988 as a result of his chronic fatigue syndrome. Since the mid-1990s, he has published several books that deal, among other things, with the behavior of groups and social intelligence. Bloom describes his area of ​​interest as "paleopsychology", the interdisciplinary research into the development of social intelligence.

Publications

Books

  • Howard Bloom: The God problem: how a godless cosmos creates. Prometheus Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-61614-551-4 .
  • Howard Bloom: The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-vision of Capitalism. Prometheus Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-59102-754-6 .
  • Howard Bloom: The Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century. Wiley, 2000, ISBN 978-0-471-29584-6 ; German: Global brain: the evolution of social intelligence / From the American. and with an afterword by Florian Rötzer . DVA, 1999, ISBN 978-3-421-05304-6 .
  • Howard Bloom: The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-87113-532-2 .

items

Web links

Commons : Howard Bloom  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Danny Goldberg: Among Geniuses. My life in the rock 'n' roll business. Rogner & Bernhard, 2009, pages 123-128
  2. ↑ a b c Howard Bloom's biography on his website ( memento of the original from December 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.howardbloom.net
  3. ↑ Paleopsychology on Howard Bloom's website (English)
personal data
SURNAME Bloom, Howard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York