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Author: Edward Cooke

From family to individuals Harari-part 3

November 26, 2018 Edward Cooke

Harari spends chapter 18 discussing homo sapiens transition away from focus on family and local community.  In much of human…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

The Anthropocene & The Denial of the Changing Climate

October 29, 2018 Edward Cooke

The Anthropocene, according to Steffen’s article, emerged in the 1800s.  The use of fossil fuels to usher in a new…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

John Tyndall- The Agnostic OG Mountaineer

October 22, 2018 Edward Cooke

The IPCC reports expose the potential threats that increasing global temperatures will have.  At 1.5 and 2 degrees C rise,…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Mountains and Mines

October 15, 2018 Edward Cooke

There are three types of tech-fixes according to Tim LeCain.  There are transformational, relocational, and delaying technological fixes.  LeCain argues…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Superfund – How we are paying for History’s scientific advances

October 8, 2018 Edward Cooke 1 Comment

Tim LeCain explains the influence that mining engineers had on the development of hospitable subterranean environments.  Miners were required to…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

The Invention of Air- Eddie Cooke

October 1, 2018 Edward Cooke

Johnson discusses Priestley’s particular knack for challenging the ‘status quo’ not only in religion, but in science, and political philosophy.…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

All Credit goes to Capitalism

September 24, 2018 Edward Cooke

  According to Harari, there is an essential link between Capitalism, empire, and science.  Harari contrasts the societies of east…

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

Sapiens: Culture in an otherwise Homo(genus) world

September 17, 2018 Edward Cooke 2 Comments

The Cognitive revolution is marked as when homo sapiens began to think imaginatively and invent complexities and nuance never before…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

“Destroy nature, destroy yourself”

September 10, 2018 Edward Cooke 2 Comments

Douthwaite stated that while technological fixes can often be necessary to solve social problems, these technological fixes can often have…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

A river (of copper) runs through it

September 3, 2018 Edward Cooke 1 Comment

Bitterroot Valley Due the influence of private industry, the Bitterroot valley of southwest montana is facing some expensive environmental issues.…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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