Frank Massey
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Tech, AI, and social media writer with a passion for storytelling. I turn complex trends into engaging, relatable content. Exploring the future, one story at a time
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The Child Who Was Saved by a Law for Animals: The Mary Ellen Wilson Story
If you walked the streets of New York City in 1874, you would have seen a metropolis on the verge of becoming the center of the world. It was the dawn of the Gilded Age. The Brooklyn Bridge was rising from the East River, and the wealth of the Vanderbilts and Astors was reshaping Fifth Avenue. It was an era of immense progress, industrial might, and aggressive ambition.
By Frank Massey 8 days ago in Motivation
The Patriots Behind Barbed Wire: How the Men America Imprisoned Saved America From Defeat
The untold true story of the Nisei linguists of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) during WWII. How Japanese Americans recruited from internment camps translated enemy codes, shortened the war, and proved their loyalty to a country that had betrayed them.
By Frank Massey 11 days ago in Motivation
The Invisible Army: How 10,000 American Women Broke the Axis Codes and Were Ordered to Forget It
The untold true story of the "Code Girls" of World War II—American women recruited to break German and Japanese codes in total secrecy, only to be forced into silence for decades.
By Frank Massey 13 days ago in Motivation
The Engineer in the Maternity Ward: How Judith Love Cohen Helped Save Apollo 13 Before Giving Birth to a Rock Star
The incredible true story of Judith Love Cohen, the aerospace engineer who finalized the Abort Guidance System for Apollo 13 while in labor with her son, Jack Black. A deep dive into the history of women in STEM and the invisible labor that saved the space program.
By Frank Massey 14 days ago in Motivation
The Wrong Stuff: The Untold Story of the Mercury 13 and the Dreams That Were Grounded by Bias
When we look back at the grainy, triumphant footage of the early 1960s Space Race, the imagery is deeply embedded in the American psyche. We see towering rockets capped with tiny silver capsules, Mission Control centers filled with chain-smoking men in white shirts and skinny ties, and, of course, the astronauts themselves. They were the embodiment of mid-century masculine heroism: fighter jocks with buzzcuts and iron jaws, possessing what author Tom Wolfe famously dubbed "The Right Stuff." They were Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Gus Grissom—names etched into history books as the pioneers who rode fire into the heavens to beat the Soviet Union.
By Frank Massey 15 days ago in Motivation
The Alarm on the Shoes: How a Swedish Worker Exposed the Soviet Union’s Deadliest Secret
The gripping true story of the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant worker who detected the Chernobyl radiation before the USSR admitted the disaster, changing the course of history through a simple routine check.
By Frank Massey 16 days ago in Motivation
The Island That Learned to Listen: How a Small Community Beat Suicide with a Question
The inspiring story of the Gotland suicide prevention model, where a community lowered suicide rates not with more hospitals, but by training everyday people to break the silence of isolation.
By Frank Massey 17 days ago in Motivation
The Town That Stopped Worrying: The Forgotten Experiment That Proved Poverty Is Just a Lack of Cash
The incredible true story of the "Mincome" experiment in Dauphin, Manitoba, where a guaranteed basic income in the 1970s led to better health and education, only to have the data hidden for 30 years.
By Frank Massey 18 days ago in Motivation
The Savior of Mothers: The Doctor Who Was Destroyed for Washing His Hands
The tragic true story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, who discovered the cause of childbed fever and the importance of handwashing, only to be rejected by the medical community and die in an asylum.
By Frank Massey 18 days ago in Motivation
