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Author: John Jones

Faster Than The Speed of Science

November 26, 2018 John Jones 1 Comment

Harari brings about a number of central ideas for why the state and market were able to establish themselves as…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

The (not so) Golden Age of Golden Rice

November 12, 2018 John Jones Leave a comment

The story I found most enticing was that of the golden rice. The text states that approximately 500,000 children living…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Evolution Evolved

November 5, 2018 John Jones Leave a comment

Charles Darwin presents a number of relatively solid arguments to attempt to provide evidence for his theories of natural selection…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Don’t Be So Hasty

October 29, 2018 John Jones 1 Comment

I would personally not vote to accept the Anthropocene into the the geologic time scale. There is a significant amount…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

The 157 Year Old Infant of Climate Science

October 22, 2018 John Jones 1 Comment

Technological fixes can be viewed as fifty percent of the solution to the issue of global warming. The IPCC mentions…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

The Three Amigos (Remix)

October 15, 2018 John Jones Leave a comment

LeCain claims there are three types of technological fixes as they relate to mining: transformational, relocational, and delaying fixes. He…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Mining Consequences Aren’t Yours And Mine

October 8, 2018 John Jones 1 Comment

LeCain offers multiple explanations for how technological advances prompted the furthering of underground mining. Firstly, steam powered water pumps allowed…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Dividing Scientific Device Developments

October 1, 2018 John Jones Leave a comment

While governments have no real reason to fear air pumps, electrical machines, or steam engines because of their inherent qualities,…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

The impact of SEC (not the football conference)

September 24, 2018 John Jones 1 Comment

Science, empire, and capitalism are linked by nature of society, or perhaps by nature of people of the Western ideology…

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

Insatiable Sapiens

September 17, 2018 John Jones Leave a comment

The Cognitive Revolution brought about a great many benefits for Homo Sapiens, and later modern day humans. Firstly, a new…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Your Scientists Can, But Should They?

September 10, 2018 John Jones 1 Comment

Douthwaite takes a fairly pessimistic view on technological innovations, especially on the front of war, stating that it will quickly…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

The Bitter Truth About the Bitterroot Valley

September 3, 2018 John Jones Leave a comment

The Bitterroot Valley faces a number of environmental struggles, most notably the fallout from mining and excessive human interaction in…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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