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Author: Kaylor Althoff

The Generation of the Genetically Engineered

December 4, 2018 Kaylor Althoff

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Posted in: Week 15: Webinar

History of Historians of the Future

November 27, 2018 Kaylor Althoff 4 Comments

Harari points out that human culture became centralized around market and the state because of how humans started to make…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Advancement of Human Health

November 12, 2018 Kaylor Althoff

The future for eliminating biological illnesses and helping reduce the growing problem of instinct animals is here and it’s called…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Evolve or Go Instinct

November 5, 2018 Kaylor Althoff

Darwin definitely had many ideas on how to convince the readers about how evolution through natural selection was the correct…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

The New Epoch

October 29, 2018 Kaylor Althoff 3 Comments

If I was the International Committee on Stratigraphy, I would vote to adopt the Anthropocene epoch because after reading Steffen,…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Earth’s Biggest Problem

October 22, 2018 Kaylor Althoff

With the ever-growing threat of global warming threatening the life on Earth as we know it, scientists are trying to…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Mining and the Techno-Fixes

October 15, 2018 Kaylor Althoff 7 Comments

LeCains’s arguments concerning the three types of technofixes are that technofixes are created to help us clean up the mess…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Mining and the Problems that Follow

October 8, 2018 Kaylor Althoff 3 Comments

“Technical obstacles quickly emerged at only 50 feet below the surface, Hearst’s miners hit groundwater and the mine began to…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Govermental Fear of No Control

October 3, 2018 Kaylor Althoff 3 Comments

The Government was afraid of improved technology because the air pump and electrical machines gave normal people the power of…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

The Progress of Good and Bad

September 24, 2018 Kaylor Althoff

“The feedback loop between Science, Empire, and Capital has arguably been history’s chief engine for the past 500 years.” (pg.…

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

The Beginning of Human Dominance

September 17, 2018 Kaylor Althoff 1 Comment

In Harari’s book, around 70,000 years ago, Homo Sapiens were the last species of human left on this planet. With…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Unknown Problems with Advanced Technology

September 10, 2018 Kaylor Althoff

Douthwaite’s article is about that technology can act as a fix in social problems in society. Both Johnston and the…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

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