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Author: Madalyn Alderman

Technological Fix Webinar

December 3, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 1 Comment

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Posted in: Week 15: Webinar

Forgot We Hadn’t Finished This Book Yet…

November 26, 2018 Madalyn Alderman Leave a comment

According to Harari, society was not all that happy with family and community life, until the state and market approached…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Pig Guts and Perfect Babies

November 12, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 1 Comment

I wanna talk about organs. Gene editing has an insanely fantastic potential in medicine but the purifying of organs from…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

It’s Charles Darwin. Enough Said.

November 5, 2018 Madalyn Alderman Leave a comment

Personally, I love Darwin. He is absolutely freaking the coolest. The point of science from my understanding is never really…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Bring On The Anthropocene!

October 29, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 1 Comment

I believe I would vote yes, that the Anthropocene should be added as its own epoch. This is going to…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

When You’re Faced With A Gnarly Techno-Fix Mountain, Just Climate

October 22, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 7 Comments

Quick disclaimer: I’m certainly no climate expert, and I don’t fully understand all the numbers being used in these articles…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Doe[S] Anybody Else Think The Name “Ducktown” is Fant[As]tic?

October 15, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 2 Comments

  It is time to once again insult and criticize the poor Technological Fix. I think that guy deserves a…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Sweet Child of “Mine”… See what I did there?

October 8, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 5 Comments

Tim LeCain talks about dangerous problems that many hard-rock miners run into, including “subterranean flooding, heat, and ventilation” (LeCain, 37).…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

We Choose To Advance Science, Not Because It Is Easy But Because It Is Hard

October 1, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 1 Comment

Why should governments and religions fear air pumps and electrical machines? Why climb the highest mountain? Why does Rice play…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Love Me Some Capitalism

September 24, 2018 Madalyn Alderman Leave a comment

Let’s just get this out of the way… I love capitalism, and it works. I also love this country, and…

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

Viva La Revolución

September 17, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 2 Comments

The Cognitive and Agricultural Revolutions were both pivotal times in the evolution of us as Homo Sapiens. The Cognitive Revolution…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Technology: It’s The Best We’ve Got

September 10, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 2 Comments

Jeff Douthwaite makes a very compelling argument that took almost no time at all to read, which was of course…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

My Two Cents About Montana and The Environment in 297 Words

September 3, 2018 Madalyn Alderman 1 Comment

Montana’s Bitterroot Valley currently faces several environmental problems that are suffered by many parts of the country, but which are…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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