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Harari argues that the Industrial Revolution ultimately allowed state and markets to trump family and communities by weakening the bonds…
The example presented by Michael Specter regarding the modification of mosquitoes to eliminate the transmission of malaria, yellow fever, dengue…
Charles Darwin attempts to prove his arguments on descent with modification using inductive reasoning, meaning that based on his observations…
If I were to vote on the formal adoption of the Anthropocene epoch to the geological time scale, I would…
After reading the IPCC’s report on the severe and imminent consequences of global warming, I thought of several avenues regarding…
Tim LeCain’s argument concerning transformational, relocational, and delaying technological fixes very much follows the logic of trophic cascading and socio-trophic…
Technological advances allowed underground mining to occur because they allowed mining companies to push underground mining to its absolute limits,…
Governments and religions should fear air pumps and electrical machines because they have the power to keep these institutions in…
Harari effectively links science, empire, and capitalism through one basic diagram: a self-looping graph that moves from Power to Resources…
The Cognitive Revolution represents the presence of new customs of thought and communication between approximately 70,000 to 30,000 years ago…
Michael and Joyce Huesemann would critique Douthwaite’s technological fix argument by showing how approaching social problems with a reductionist mindset…
When discussing the environmental issues facing the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, Jared Diamond begins by highlighting the toxic wastes produced…