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    • Week 14: Harari (Part 3)
    • Week 15: Webinar

Author: Ryan Smart

Webinar

December 2, 2018 Ryan Smart Leave a comment

     

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week 13 i think

November 27, 2018 Ryan Smart 2 Comments

  The state and the market become central aspects as our society becomes stronger in technology and have more to…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Week 12

November 12, 2018 Ryan Smart 1 Comment

The most exhilarating example that I read from the text was in the article from National Geographic by Specter and…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

week 11

November 7, 2018 Ryan Smart Leave a comment

Darwin argues that “all life on earth is connected and related to each other” and also that “modifications of populations…

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week 10

October 29, 2018 Ryan Smart Leave a comment

I would accept adding this to our geological calendar as the impact humans have had on earth for the short…

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week 9

October 22, 2018 Ryan Smart 1 Comment

The second IPCC article says that there are already some actions that limit global warming are underway. It also claims…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

week 8

October 15, 2018 Ryan Smart Leave a comment

LeCain’s argument is that even when a big environmental problem is fixed, there is a big chance that the solution…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Week 7- Mining

October 8, 2018 Ryan Smart Leave a comment

All these technological advances definitely furthered the ability to miner deeper metals, there is still the challenge because of the…

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Week 6

October 1, 2018 Ryan Smart 1 Comment

Fearing things such as an air pump or electrical machine is something that governments and religions have to take into…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Scientific and Political Links

September 24, 2018 Ryan Smart Leave a comment

Science, empire, and capitalism are linked through research, or “mutual reinforcement” (Harari, pg. 250).  As one of the three concepts…

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

Revolutions in the Beginning

September 17, 2018 Ryan Smart Leave a comment

The Cognitive Revolution allowed legends, religions, etc. to speak things they could not see. Prior to this revolution, sapiens could…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Fixing Nature with Technology

September 10, 2018 Ryan Smart 2 Comments

Douthwaite gives numerous, solid examples of ways our social problems can be improved by technology but from the other sources,…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Environmental Study of Montana’s Bitterroot Valley

September 3, 2018 Ryan Smart 1 Comment

This valley faces many environmental problems that Diamond reflects on in his texts. Toxic waste as a result from metal…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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