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Author: Chance Ronning

The New Family

November 29, 2018 Chance Ronning Leave a comment

The industrial revolution lead to new powers for the market and the state, and reduced the control that the family…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

The Door is Open

November 12, 2018 Chance Ronning Leave a comment

One example I saw that was quite exciting was the fact that you could engineer a mosquito whose offspring would…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Slow and Steady

November 5, 2018 Chance Ronning Leave a comment

One of Darwin’s major points is that a non-sterile offspring cannot be produced by anything other than two parents of…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

A New Era of Problems

October 29, 2018 Chance Ronning Leave a comment

I would accept it as a new epoch to the geological calendar since there is essentially no doubt that the…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

A Thorny Problem

October 22, 2018 Chance Ronning 1 Comment

There are many potential technological fixes that may be able to help the situation. One obvious example would be more…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Fixing Progress

October 15, 2018 Chance Ronning Leave a comment

LeCain defines three types of technofixes. The transformational, the relocational, and the delaying technofixes (p. 138). A transformational fix transforms…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

A Necessary Disaster

October 8, 2018 Chance Ronning 1 Comment

Technological advances such as water pumps, ventilation, and personal equipment made it possible for miners to go into subterranean areas…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

A Fear of Advancement

October 1, 2018 Chance Ronning 1 Comment

Governments and religions should fear air pumps not because of what an air pump is, but because it is a…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

What Builds a Tomorrow

September 24, 2018 Chance Ronning 1 Comment

Science can fuel, and be fueled by capitalism. A clear example of this is coal as an energy source. In…

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

Humanity and Mutual Understanding

September 17, 2018 Chance Ronning Leave a comment

The Cognitive Revolution as described by Harari was “the appearance of new ways of thinking and communicating” (p. 20). These…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

The Necessity of a Technological Fix

September 10, 2018 Chance Ronning Leave a comment

Philosopher Arne Naess would argue that the technological fix is inadequate, as they are all too often shallow, and fail…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

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