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Author: Alex Judge

The Market, the State, and the Future

November 26, 2018 Alex Judge 1 Comment

The state and the market are not mutually exclusive aspects of human culture and seem to be equally as important…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Gene Editing is the Spell Check of the Animal Kingdom

November 12, 2018 Alex Judge 2 Comments

One example from the readings about CRISPR technology that is both exhilarating and frightening is the research discussed in Specter’s…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

The End is Nigh

October 29, 2018 Alex Judge Leave a comment

I believe that the decision to mark the Anthropocene epoch on the geological time scale should be accepted. As said…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Lets Get Down to Business to Defeat Climate Change

October 22, 2018 Alex Judge Leave a comment

The heart of the matter discussed is that limiting the rise of global warming to an overall 1.5 degrees C…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

3 Easy Steps to Avoiding Responsibilities

October 15, 2018 Alex Judge Leave a comment

LeCain considers the three types of technofixes to be “1. The transformational techno-fix / 2. The relocational techno-fix / 3.…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

This Conversation of Mine is Getting Deep

October 8, 2018 Alex Judge Leave a comment

Technological advances seem to be the answers to most problems of America. Take mining for example. To deal with the…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

This Week on Fear Factor

October 1, 2018 Alex Judge 1 Comment

One reason that religions in particular might have to fear air pumps and electrical machines could be a situation in…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Link-oln Park’s New Single: Science, Empire and Capitalism

September 24, 2018 Alex Judge Leave a comment

The link between science, empire and capitalism are obvious in many ways. After all, according to Harari, “We are living…

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Posted in: Week 05: Harari (Part 2) and Johnson (Part 1)

Welcome to Fight Club. First Rule is Don’t Talk About Fight Club.

September 17, 2018 Alex Judge 2 Comments

Harari describes The Cognitive Revolution as a “biological arena” (Harari pg. 39). By this, he means to say that the…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Technology Solves All Problems…Or Does It? Dun Dun DUN!!!

September 10, 2018 Alex Judge 1 Comment

When you get to the bottom of each of these authors arguments, the thing you need to take away is…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

The World Within The Valley

September 4, 2018 Alex Judge 2 Comments

Montana is known as the Big Sky country and holds the Last Best Place within it, aka Glacier National Park.…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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