This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of the fascinating individuals who joined our community for the 2014-2015 year. Conducted by our 2014 summer interns (affectionately known as "Berkterns"), these snapshots aim to showcase the diverse backgrounds, interests, and accomplishments of our dynamic 2014-2015 community.
Profile of Max Schorr
Berkman affiliate and cofounder of GOOD
@maxschorr
interviewed in summer 2014 by Berktern Jeremy Merkel
Max Schorr is best known for carrying out his vision through co-founding GOOD, a new media company for "pragmatic idealists" geared towards “creating dialogue around things that matter.” A soldier on the front lines of social action in the digital age, he arrives at the Berkman Center planning to harness the potential of online media to address today’s collective action problems.
I spoke with Max from a nature campus in Los Angeles, where he stayed on behalf of InsightLA, a nonprofit meditation initiative where he serves as a board member. While an urban mindfulness center and nature campus in Los Angeles may sound as unusual as the combination of meditation and technology, Max thrives on creating new media projects at the intersection of local and global, individual and community, top down and bottom up, fun and serious, pragmatic and idealistic, online and offline. As the Internet continues to fundamentally change our global landscape, he believes the quality of our attention and real world interactions remain as much a priority as ever.
Max's entrepreneurial endeavors have repeatedly found success. Upon completion of the Aspen Institute’s First Movers Fellowship, Max launched GOOD/Corps, a consulting venture aimed at helping companies engineer social impact initiatives. With clients such as Google, Starbucks, and PepsiCo, Max has demonstrated that business success can align with social impact. In the future, he will work to build on this framework and problem-solving approach to innovate in the spheres of health, education, and environmental consciousness.
Max is excited about the opportunity to explore mindfulness and social action in the digital age while at the Berkman Center.