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Author: Diana Lester

Past is Key to the Future

November 26, 2018 Diana Lester 3 Comments

The state and market replaced family and community during the Industrial Revolution. Harari first explained that family and community was…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Too preoccupied with could we, didn’t stop and ask should we

November 12, 2018 Diana Lester 1 Comment

“Gene drives have the power to override the traditional rules of inheritance (Specter, p. 2).” Man, that packs a lot…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Missing Links

November 5, 2018 Diana Lester Leave a comment

Darwin argued that natural selection was the process for how evolution works. The only issue that he had was that…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

The Human Epoch

October 29, 2018 Diana Lester 1 Comment

I would vote to add the Anthropocene epoch to the geologic time scale. From previous Earth Science/Geology classes, I have…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Vote for Our Mother (Earth)

October 22, 2018 Diana Lester Leave a comment

In the IPCC report, it mentions some possible fixes for climate changes. These fixes are lowering the use of coal…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Problem after Problem

October 15, 2018 Diana Lester 1 Comment

In his argument, LeCain describes three types of techno-fixes: transformational, relocational, and delaying (LeCain, p. 138). Transformational fixes change the…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Mining for Solutions

October 8, 2018 Diana Lester 1 Comment

Technological advances have helped mining go faster and safer for miners. The advances that have helped in making mining faster…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Running on Air

October 1, 2018 Diana Lester 1 Comment

Governments and religions do not need to fear air pumps and electrical machines. Governments and religions have to fear what…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Curiosity Killed the Cat but Satisfaction Brought it Back

September 23, 2018 Diana Lester Leave a comment

Science, empire, and capitalism are connected. These three things are a circle. Empire wants to expand. In order to do…

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

Chain of Events

September 17, 2018 Diana Lester Leave a comment

According to Harari, the Cognitive Revolution is where Sapiens developed new ways of communicating and thinking (Harari, p. 21). With…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

RoboCop vs Terminator

September 10, 2018 Diana Lester Leave a comment

Douthwaite is a proponent for technological fixes (RoboCop). In contrast, Huesemann is against technological fixes (Terminator). Johnston likes RoboCop but…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Mining for Problems

September 3, 2018 Diana Lester Leave a comment

The Bitterroot Valley is dealing with “toxic wastes, forests, soils, water (and sometimes air), climate change, biodiversity losses, and introduced…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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