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Author: Matt Muir

What happened to the family?

November 26, 2018 Matt Muir 1 Comment

According to Harari, States and markets replaced nuclear families and communities. Before there were states and markets, individuals’ lives were…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Change Humans Forever?

November 12, 2018 Matt Muir

Both articles discuss how CRISPR technology is exciting and frightening, whether it is used to eliminate parasites carried through mosquitoes…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

A Good Warning

October 29, 2018 Matt Muir

If I had a vote on the commission to either accept or reject adding the Anthropocene to the geological calendar,…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Driving towards a cliff

October 22, 2018 Matt Muir

There are many things that need to be done in order for the world to stop global warming at 1.5…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

More Answers, More Problems

October 15, 2018 Matt Muir

According to LeCain, there are three types of technological fixes, the transformative techno-fix, relocational techno fix, and the delaying techno-fix.…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

To Dig, or not to Dig

October 8, 2018 Matt Muir 1 Comment

Early mining technologies like steam-powered water pumps, lifts, ventilation systems, and oxygen masks allowed underground mining to occur. It seems,…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Politics, Religion, and Science

October 1, 2018 Matt Muir

According to Joseph Priestly, governments and religions should fear air pumps and electrical machines because they are signs of a…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Knowledge is Power

September 24, 2018 Matt Muir 1 Comment

Early empires like the Romans, conquered lands not for knowledge or to study foreign lands, but to become more powerful…

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

Without Fiction we would be Neanderthals

September 16, 2018 Matt Muir

The cognitive and agricultural revolutions truly did form the basis for our modern civilization. Way back, when there were around…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Evolution vs The Technological Fix

September 9, 2018 Matt Muir

While Douthwaite is more optimistic towards the idea of a “technological fix” and how it is necessary to solve social…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Let the Past be a Lesson

September 3, 2018 Matt Muir 4 Comments

While Montana may have some of the countries most pristine and untouched land, it does face a good amount of…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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