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Author: Ellie Polk

As the Band Breaks Up…

November 26, 2018 Ellie Polk 2 Comments

  According to Harari, the state and the market allowed people to become individuals in the world and have freedoms…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

The Gene Conundrum

November 16, 2018 Ellie Polk Leave a comment

  To preface, my viewpoint of gene modification is largely skewed by the fact that I have never been threatened…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Darwin’s Pushback

November 5, 2018 Ellie Polk Leave a comment

In Darwin’s Recapitulation and conclusion, he points to phenomena in nature that can simply not be explained by any theory…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

The New Epoch: Have We Made Our Mark Yet??

October 31, 2018 Ellie Polk Leave a comment

From my own understanding of human impact on our environment and after having read the pieces by Steffen, Kolbert, and…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease

October 22, 2018 Ellie Polk 1 Comment

As has always been true with effectively reducing human impact on the environment, the main change required to make progress…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

There is no Techno-Fix

October 15, 2018 Ellie Polk Leave a comment

  The LeCain reading addresses three types of technological fixes which seem to sum up the issues that scientists and…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Mining Meccas: The Foundation of the United States

October 8, 2018 Ellie Polk 1 Comment

As technological advances occur, as does progression in ability and efficiency of technologically inclined societies. In LeCain’s “Between Heavens and…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Science and Society: A Dangerous Pair

October 3, 2018 Ellie Polk 4 Comments

Johnson uses a few examples in The Invention of Air about how technologies such as air pumps and electrical machines…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

The Three Counterparts to Guns, Germs, and Steel

September 24, 2018 Ellie Polk Leave a comment

Harari believes that, as with many other phenomena that have shaped our world, science, empire, and capitalism are linked in…

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

Why Sapiens Rule the World

September 17, 2018 Ellie Polk Leave a comment

The Cognitive and Agricultural Revolutions, as Harari extensively addresses, were crucial turns in human history and what we know as…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Knowledge vs. Wisdom

September 10, 2018 Ellie Polk Leave a comment

While Douthwaite is far from alone when stating that technological fixes are necessary to solve social problems, authors Johnston and…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Big Sky Big Consequence

September 3, 2018 Ellie Polk Leave a comment

  The Bitterroot Valley of Montana currently faces environmental problems that are very much characteristic of the mountain west since…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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