A large takeaway from the past lectures in class and this week’s readings is that mining has been an amazing…
Technological advancements in the mining industry have definitely helped the industrial powers and mass progress of the United States, providing…
Religions, more so than governments, should fear air pumps and electrical machines. Throughout the second part of the book, Johnson…
“The feedback loop between science, empire, and capital has arguably been history’s chief engine for the past 500 years” (p…
The Cognitive Revolution was one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind. In Sapiens, Harari described the…
“Whatever the moral, ethical, or legal implications of a technological fix, if it works even temporarily to solve an important…
Toxic wastes from mining, logging, forest fires, salinization, water quantity, biodiversity loss, and introduced pests are among the various environmental…