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Author: Hali Kapperud

Historians & Humanity

November 26, 2018 Hali Kapperud

According to Harari, the state and the market became the central aspects of culture after the Industrial Revolution. Harari states…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Gene Manipulation – Disease Destroyer?

November 12, 2018 Hali Kapperud 6 Comments

One example of CRISPR technology that is discussed is using gene editing to attempt to eliminate diseases. The exhilarating aspects…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Natural Selection

November 5, 2018 Hali Kapperud

In Darwin’s last chapter “Recap and Conclusion,” he argues that the principles behind his theory of evolution – that variation…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Anthro-no-cene

October 29, 2018 Hali Kapperud 1 Comment

If I had a vote on the The International Commission on Stratigraphy about whether to formally adopt the Anthropocene epoch…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Climate Change: A Real Icebreaker

October 22, 2018 Hali Kapperud

Technological fixes such as solar geo-engineering, solar and wind power, and carbon capture can help address rising temperatures. Carbon capture…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Mountains & Mines

October 15, 2018 Hali Kapperud

LeCain’s argument regarding the three types of techno-fixes, the transformational techno-fix, the relocational techno-fix, and the delaying techno-fix is described…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

October 8, 2018 Hali Kapperud 1 Comment

Technological advances, such as electricity and inventions that used electricity such as street cars, required copper based components like wires…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Priestley, Politics, and Air Pumps

October 1, 2018 Hali Kapperud 1 Comment

Joseph Priestley stated, “The English hierarchy (if there be anything unsound in its constitution) has equal reason to tremble at…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Progress, Politics, & Profit

September 24, 2018 Hali Kapperud 1 Comment

According to Harari, science, empire and capitalism are linked because science and empires were motivated by the feeling that something…

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

Sapiens: Smarter than the Average Bear

September 17, 2018 Hali Kapperud 1 Comment

The Cognitive Revolution was the appearance of new ways of thinking and communicating occurring between 70,000 and 30,000 years ago.…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

To Tech or Not to Tech…That is the Question

September 10, 2018 Hali Kapperud 2 Comments

Compared to Douthwaite’s statement that technological fixes are necessary to solve social problems, Johnston, one of the other authors says,…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Soil Saltier Than Your Ex

September 3, 2018 Hali Kapperud 1 Comment

In Diamond’s Under Montana’s Big Sky, several types of environmental problems that the Bitterroot Valley of Montana currently faces are…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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