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Author: Hilary Rosa

The Cost of Individualism

November 26, 2018 Hilary Rosa 2 Comments

Prior to the Industrial Revolution “the family was also the welfare system, the health system, the education system, the construction…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

To just be, or not to just be?

November 12, 2018 Hilary Rosa Leave a comment

Genetic engineers can now use CRISPR technology to edit human embryos with the intent of eliminating genetic diseases, such as…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Creation & Variation: Mutually Exclusive?

November 5, 2018 Hilary Rosa 3 Comments

Darwin observed many phenomena that culminated in his theory of evolution. Among these phenomena were commonalities in the growth and…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Human Agency and Climate Change

October 29, 2018 Hilary Rosa Leave a comment

Geological transformations initiated by humans will become very apparent in the future, as evidenced by the decline of forests and…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

A Political Solution to Climate Change

October 22, 2018 Hilary Rosa Leave a comment

I am inclined to think that we need a major political/ economic paradigm shift to solve climate change, rather than…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Techno-fix our way out of this $h!t

October 15, 2018 Hilary Rosa 2 Comments

Techno-fixes to environmental problems almost certainly create secondary, unforeseen consequences. Techno-fixes operate in three distinct ways with regard to the…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

The Miner’s Dilemma

October 8, 2018 Hilary Rosa 1 Comment

Miners in Butte, Anaconda, and elsewhere have had to adapt to a variety of challenges including mapping subterranean landscapes, underground…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Science is in, Dogma is out

October 1, 2018 Hilary Rosa Leave a comment

Scientific discoveries and technologies such as the air pump and electrical machines have radical implications for politics and religion. Scientific…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Progress is in the eye of the Beholder

September 25, 2018 Hilary Rosa 4 Comments

The Europeans of the 16th century were smitten with this idea that the world was out there waiting to be…

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

Suffering for Success

September 17, 2018 Hilary Rosa 2 Comments

The Cognitive Revolution was a process by which Homo Sapiens developed language that could communicate the abstract; describe things that…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

The ills of pragmaticism

September 10, 2018 Hilary Rosa Leave a comment

Douthwaite doesn’t explicitly state that technological fixes are necessary- rather that they work temporarily and may offer an “important contribution”…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Values of Consequence in the Bitterroot Valley

September 4, 2018 Hilary Rosa 2 Comments

The Bitterroot Valley of Montana faces issues concerning water quality, soil erosion, poor forest management, loss of industry, invasive species,…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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