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  Earth in the Spin Cycle: The Myth of the Green Tech Industry

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  Jonathan Hielkema Independent Scholar

  February 08, 2016

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  acceleration. It is in Apple’s basic interest to grow as quickly and as much as possible, meaning that its ...
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  The End is Horrible: Technology and the Apocalypse

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  Keira Hambrick University of Nevada, Reno

  June 06, 2011

  the possible routes to our demise. The ways we discuss this demise have evolved with new developments ... each possibility presents its own set of horrors. Why do we invest so much energy in these grim thought ...
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  God Made a Farmer

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  Rachel Silverman Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  June 09, 2013

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  reconstitute as much of it as possible as soon as possible.” It is, according to Lakoff, about the destruction ...
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  Birds in Oil and Watercolor

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  Lisa Uddin Whitman College

  October 08, 2010

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  Birds in Oil and Watercolor magazine Environment BP Oil Spill animals aesthetic of disaster Curator's Note Steve Mumford traveled to Venice, Louisiana last spring to document the Deepwater Horizon calamity. Published in the September 2010 issue of Ha ...
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  Where the Wi-Fi Ends

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  Alenda Chang University of California, Santa Barbara

  October 15, 2016

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  Where the Wi-Fi Ends augmented reality critical infrastructure ecomedia Environment games media Pokemon Go Curator's Note Don’t get me wrong, I love Pokémon Go. As the screenshots show, I have played a lot. But as someone who works on how games model ...
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  Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change

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  Emma Frances Bloomfield University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  August 15, 2012

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  Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change skepticism politics politicalization polarization news media global warming Environment entertainment Colbert Report climate change Curator's Note The catastrophic consequences of ...