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Author: Audrey Schied

Weather Prediction Webinar

December 4, 2018 Audrey Schied

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Posted in: Week 15: Webinar

Librarians of Humanity

November 26, 2018 Audrey Schied 1 Comment

According to Harari, the state and market became central aspects of human culture by appealing to the desire to become…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

The Moral Questions of CRISPR

November 12, 2018 Audrey Schied

The ability to edit human genes in order to prevent people from being born with debilitating diseases is certainly an…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Darwin’s Descent with Modification

November 5, 2018 Audrey Schied 1 Comment

One of the arguments Darwin uses to convince his readers of natural selection is the similarities of species in separate…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

The Changing of the Climate

October 28, 2018 Audrey Schied

There is enough evidence in place to accept the addition of the Anthropocene epoch to the geological calendar. The impact…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

The Crucial Nature of Climate Science

October 21, 2018 Audrey Schied

From a scientific view, it is undeniable that global temperatures are rising in a way which will have massive impacts…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Our Eroding World

October 15, 2018 Audrey Schied 30 Comments

LeCain describes three different types of techno-fixes, those being the transformational techno-fix, relocational techno-fix, and delaying techno-fix. The first case…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

The Perils of Mining

October 8, 2018 Audrey Schied 1 Comment

Due to the perilous and risky nature of mining, many technological measures are necessary in order to make the process…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Priestley: The First Airbender

October 1, 2018 Audrey Schied

Governments and religions should fear air pumps and electrical machines, not necessarily because of the nature of the inventions themselves,…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Under the Rug of Process

September 24, 2018 Audrey Schied 1 Comment

According to Harari, money—which grows stupendously through capitalism—is “essential both for building empires and for promoting science” (Harari, p. 305).…

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

Homo Sapiens and the Power of Fictionalized Communication

September 17, 2018 Audrey Schied 1 Comment

As stated by Harari, the Cognitive Revolution is “the point when history declared its independence from biology” (Harari, p. 37).…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Carefully Considering The Technological Fix

September 10, 2018 Audrey Schied

All three articles addressing the use of technology to fix societal problems include the observation that these fixes narrowly view…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Bitterroot Valley’s Foreshadowing of the Future

September 3, 2018 Audrey Schied 1 Comment

The most pressing problems in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley—some of the most notable including toxic wastes, depleting usable water and lumber,…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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