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Author: Madelyn Hillis

The Future of Man

November 26, 2018 Madelyn Hillis

The State and the Market have long been interconnected, having a symbiotic relationship. Harrari speaks to the cultural differences when…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

A Recipe for the Perfect Human

November 12, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

The very thought of modifying one’s traits and genome was unheard of 50 years ago. With the development of CRISPR…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Darwin’s Evolution

November 5, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

Darwin’s theory of evolution is one that most people, especially in scientific fields, believe to hold the most validity and…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

This Anthropo(seems) bad

October 29, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

If I got a vote on this board I would want to add the Anthropocene epoch because it represents a…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Puberty or Peril: the Environment is going through the changes

October 22, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

It should be common knowledge that Earth is warming, and fast. Although 1.2-2 degree C does not sound like the…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

How we use Tech to escape the inescapable

October 15, 2018 Madelyn Hillis

The three techno-fixes that LeCain uses in his argumentative analysis of two case studies are: the transformational, relocational, and delaying…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Hi Ho Hi Ho, it’s off to work we go (to ruin the environment)

October 8, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

The first technological advancement that allowed for the implementation of copper mining was Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

The Invention of Air (and soda)

October 1, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

In his novel, Johnson asserts, through his detailed analysis of Joseph Priestley’s life, that the air pump and/or electricity should…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Capitalism-the beginning and end of humanity

September 24, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 2 Comments

Harari addresses the multifaceted relationship between science, technology, and fiscal institutions by describing the thing that all of these things…

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

The Revolutions that Changed Us (apparently)

September 17, 2018 Madelyn Hillis

The cognitive and agricultural revolutions that Harari depicts in Sapiens mark the greatest shifts in human intellect throughout human history.…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Huesemann, I think we have a problem

September 11, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 5 Comments

The claim asserted in Douthwaite’s article is that technology should and will solve our social problems. The three examples he…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Bison, Bears, and the Bitterroot Valley

September 3, 2018 Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

Montana, despite being a state in which the collective ideology is one that encompasses everything to do with nature, has…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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