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Author: Daniel Alexander

The state of human history

November 26, 2018 Daniel Alexander

In his book Sapiens, Harari suggests that one of the driving causes of the centralization of the state and the…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

The human cost of gene editing

November 12, 2018 Daniel Alexander

I think that the 2016 National Geographic article titled “Pro and Con: Should Gene Editing Be Performed on Human Embryos?”…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Damn Darwin, back at it again with the Theory of Natural Selection!

November 5, 2018 Daniel Alexander

Darwin first presents his argument that the nearly universal sterility of species when crossed and the nearly universal fertility of…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Everlasting Impacts of the Anthropocene

October 29, 2018 Daniel Alexander

If I had a vote on the International Commission on Stratigraphy I would vote to accept the formal adoption of…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Can we actually solve climate change? Probably not.

October 22, 2018 Daniel Alexander

Climate change is perhaps the most prevalent environmental and socioeconomic issue in the world today and has already had profound…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Techno-fixes technically don’t fix anything

October 14, 2018 Daniel Alexander

LeCain asserts that there are three types of technological fixes for environmental consequences of industry and provides two examples of…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Mountains and Mines

October 8, 2018 Daniel Alexander 1 Comment

Underground mining is a practice that has been heavily employed since the industrial revolution to provide the necessary metals and…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Science: A Great Weapon & A Fantastic Hope

September 23, 2018 Daniel Alexander

In Sapiens, Harari asserts that science, empire, and capitalism are inextricably linked to one another, each driving the other to…

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

Viva La (Cognitive) Revolution!

September 17, 2018 Daniel Alexander 1 Comment

The Cognitive Revolution, an intellectual transition of humans into being able to conceptualize and imagine realities, occurred around 70,000 years…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Technological fixes aren’t cheap

September 10, 2018 Daniel Alexander

Sean F. Johnston and Michael Huesemann and Joyce Huesemann would argue against Douthwaite’s assertion that technological fixes are necessary to…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Mountains & Mines

September 2, 2018 Daniel Alexander

The Bitterroot Valley in Southwestern Montana faces many environmental problems as much of the rest of the world does. One…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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