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Author: Noah Hense

progress, guaranteed.

November 26, 2018 Noah Hense 1 Comment

The state and market became the central aspects of human culture mainly out of necessity to maintain their existence. For…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Not to be too forward, but you should probably be convinced of evolution at this point

November 5, 2018 Noah Hense 1 Comment

While all of his arguments in the last chapter of his book are convincing, the ones that I think are…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Malma Malma Malma

October 29, 2018 Noah Hense 5 Comments

Honestly, this matter has me feeling pretty conflicted. Originally, as I’m sure all people who were raised on Americans values…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Too bad about the Paris Climate Agreement huh?

October 22, 2018 Noah Hense 1 Comment

Not only can technological fixes be applied to halt global warming at its optimized 1.5 Celsius level, it appears they…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

technically not fixed

October 15, 2018 Noah Hense 1 Comment

LeCain’s arguments regarding technological fixes in mining are essentially: these fixes aren’t actually fixing anything, just delaying or moving the…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

The scourge of sckience (I know that’s a typo, I just wanted the alliteration)

October 8, 2018 Noah Hense 4 Comments

One of the biggest, and most obvious, consequences of technological advancements in mining is more efficient mining. This is evident…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Reactionaries, keep on reacting.

October 1, 2018 Noah Hense 1 Comment

Governments and religions should fear air pumps and electrical machines because of the potential for new revolutions in industry and…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

An Economy of Progress

September 24, 2018 Noah Hense 1 Comment

The best way to summarize the relationship between capitalism, empire and science is through Harari’s own words. Namely, capitalism and…

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

Thank god for all the naive prophets.

September 17, 2018 Noah Hense 3 Comments

The cognitive revolution was a major turning point in the legacy of homo sapiens, and it effectively allowed us to…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Ignorance of Ignorance- Or why we’re all stupid and we should stop pretending to know everything (that includes you Mr. and Mrs. Huesemann)

September 10, 2018 Noah Hense 3 Comments

In specific environments, temporary circumstances, and small doses, technological fixes can prove to be exactly as they claim to be:…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Forests, rivers, farming and a lack of public civil discourse.

September 3, 2018 Noah Hense 1 Comment

Currently the Bitter Root Valley faces issues of low quantity and quality of water, depleting profitability of agriculture, environmental damage…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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