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Author: Alex Sutherland

Brand new CRISP genes

November 12, 2018 Alex Sutherland Leave a comment

One of the most interesting possible uses for CRISPR in my opinion is using it to make mosquitoes no longer…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Anthroposee you later

October 29, 2018 Alex Sutherland 1 Comment

If I had to vote on weather or not the Anthropocene should be an epoch to the geological time scale,…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

A Change in Climate

October 22, 2018 Alex Sutherland Leave a comment

There are many different technical fixes that would help with climate change. The most obvious technical fix that is constantly…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Techno Fixes: “Real Fake Doors”

October 15, 2018 Alex Sutherland Leave a comment

LeCain classifies technological fixes into transformational, realocational, and/or delay fixes. It seems that he believes techno fixes don’t actually eliminate…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Be Mine

October 8, 2018 Alex Sutherland Leave a comment

One problem in many mines, specifically in Butte is running into subterranean bodies of water. A fix for this problem…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

What Came First: The Science or The Progress?

September 24, 2018 Alex Sutherland 2 Comments

According to Harari, empires essentially didn’t exist until the scientific revolution. Before the scientific revolution, the closest thing to an…

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

From bananas to banks

September 17, 2018 Alex Sutherland Leave a comment

The cognitive revolution happened around 70,000 and is when humans essentially gained imagination and became able to understand as well…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Technological Cascade

September 10, 2018 Alex Sutherland 1 Comment

Douthwaite seems to encourage the idea of coming up with as many technological fixes as possible because they are just…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

The Butt(e)hole of Montana

September 3, 2018 Alex Sutherland 1 Comment

Problems in the Bitterroot valley include increasing population, immigration, decreasing quality of water, poor air quality, forest fires, toxic waste,…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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