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Author: John Stoppler

Harari, Part 2

November 26, 2018 John Stoppler

According to Harari, the state and market became the central aspect of human culture through a number of ways but…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Humankind: An Art Form

November 12, 2018 John Stoppler

On the paper by Harris, “Pro: Research on Gene Editing in Humans Must Continue”, one of the arguments he brings…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

All Natural

November 5, 2018 John Stoppler

In Darwin’s last chapter in the Origin of Species, he summarizes his arguments about why we should believe in evolution…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Global Warming Problem

October 22, 2018 John Stoppler

According to the readings what needs to be done is the global warming needs to be at 1.5 degrees Celsius…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Sweeping it under the rug

October 15, 2018 John Stoppler 1 Comment

According to LeCain there are three techno-fixes that early mining engineers used for the problems that arose from mining, the…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Disapearing Act

October 8, 2018 John Stoppler

In “Between the Heavens and the Earth,” LeCain explains how technological advances made by mining engineers made it possible to…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Fear the Machine

October 1, 2018 John Stoppler

Throughout history of science there has probably has been very few inventions as important as the air pump. It can…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

The Idea of Progress

September 24, 2018 John Stoppler

There is one idea that links science, empire, and capitalism together, and that idea is progress. Progress can be thought…

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

The Sociable Species

September 17, 2018 John Stoppler

The two different revolutions that Harari claims formed modern modern civilization is the Cognitive and Agricultural Revolutions. The Cognitive Revolution…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

The Problem with Avoiding Solutions

September 9, 2018 John Stoppler

Douthwaite argues that technological fixes are necessary in order to solve any social problems facing humankind, however neither Johnston or…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Under the Big, Mining Sky

September 3, 2018 John Stoppler

In “Under Montana’s Big Sky”, Diamond writes about many of the environmental problems that the Bitterroot valley faces which many,…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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