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Author: Linnea Fristam

HSTR207, Fristam, Andersen, Schaffnit

December 3, 2018 Linnea Fristam Leave a comment

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Posted in: Week 15: Webinar

Are Homo Sapiens causing the end to their own species?

November 26, 2018 Linnea Fristam Leave a comment

“We have become more subject to the dictates of modern industry and government” (Harari, 352). Harari argues that after the…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

CRISPR crazy

November 12, 2018 Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

CRISPR, a power in the hands of humans making scientists able to alter, delete and rearrange the DNA of nearly…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

All living things have connection

November 5, 2018 Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

“Natura no facit saltum”, in English; natural selection. This is the theory that Darwin couldn’t definitely prove was the answer…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

The new human-driven epoch

October 29, 2018 Linnea Fristam Leave a comment

The Anthropocene, viewed as the period where human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment, is…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Climate change is getting REAL

October 22, 2018 Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

The temperature changes are projected to reduce increases in ocean temperature, there will be worsening of food shortages and wildfires…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Do we need mining?

October 15, 2018 Linnea Fristam Leave a comment

The three types of technofixes are: the transformational, the relocational and the delaying techno-fix. LeCain describes that engineers and mining…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Can mining ever be safe for the environment? My answer is no

October 8, 2018 Linnea Fristam Leave a comment

Mining engineers repeatedly used technology in different ways to “surpass the subterrestrial environmental barriers to human survival” (LeCain, 47). The…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Science and technology, should we fear it?

October 1, 2018 Linnea Fristam Leave a comment

“The English hierarchy has equal reason to tremble at an air pump, or an electrical machine” (Johnson, 148) In the…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Is death really a technical problem?

September 24, 2018 Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

Is death really a technical problem? Harari states that science is only happening if there is a ‘mutual reinforcement’ of…

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

Has this evolution been to speedy?

September 17, 2018 Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

From Harari’s point of view, the Cognitive and Agricultural Revolutions form the basis for our modern civilization. This Cognitive Revolution…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Technology; a gift from above

September 10, 2018 Linnea Fristam Leave a comment

Douthwaite argued that a technological fix can fix many social science problems in the short run: “if it works even…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Drop the anti-government attitude

September 3, 2018 Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

As Diamond mentions, “environmentally Montana is perhaps the least damaged of the lower 48 states” (Diamond 33). Montana, compared to…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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