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Author: Cassie Andrews

The End

November 26, 2018 Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

According to Harari, the cognitive and agricultural revolution helped glue communities together, while the industrial revolution broke that down and…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Bedazzled Genes: Yes or No?

November 12, 2018 Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

Using CRISPR technologies to eradicate disease from disease-spreading mosquitoes could prevent millions of deaths due to dungue fever, Zika, and…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Creation from Variation

November 5, 2018 Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

Darwin believed that all species originated with one species. He says that natural selection exists largely based on the belief…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

So if your friends scaled a cliff, would you climate?

October 27, 2018 Cassie Andrews 1 Comment

I would accept adding the Anthropocene epoch to the geologic time scale. “… the Earth has now left its natural…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

1,050-Year-Old Infant?

October 22, 2018 Cassie Andrews 1 Comment

When it comes to a strictly technological fix, these articles mainly discuss carbon capturing technology and an increase in the…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Minerals Are A Girls Best Friend

October 15, 2018 Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

Using the cases of Ducktown and Anaconda, Lecain demonstrates the blanket techno-fixes of the time and their ultimate failure: transformational…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

mountainsandmining.org

October 8, 2018 Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

“With improved maps and measurements… obstacles could be overcome with powerful new machines and techniques”. (Lecain, p.36) These maps and…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

change is scary

October 1, 2018 Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

Air pumps and electrical machines represent scientific innovation and progress. Innovation wasn’t always a good thing, it meant discounting the…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Capitalism: A Brief History of Why I Have Credit Debt

September 24, 2018 Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

According to Harari, Europe was the first country to really open their eyes to the world around them and accept…

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

XOXO Gossip Sapien

September 16, 2018 Cassie Andrews 1 Comment

The Cognitive revolution began with “the appearance of new ways of thinking and communicating.” (Harari, p.24)  This led to the…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Wired for Failure?

September 10, 2018 Cassie Andrews 1 Comment

Huesemann and Huesemann refer to the negative effects of technological advancement as “unavoidable” and “intrinsically unpredictable”. (p.15) Essentially, the few…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Big Sky, Big Issues

September 3, 2018 Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

“Not until 1971 did the state of Montana pass a law requiring mining companies to clean up their property when…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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