Tag: invention
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April 13, 2018
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
“The difference between the present and the past is that the conscious present is an awareness of the past in a way and to an extent which the past’s awareness of itself cannot show.” – T. S. Eliot
I used to work for a professor who would say: “Without the toaster, we’d have no computers!” Each invention brings about a whole new world of possibilities.
July 7, 2017
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
The list that follows are a few inventions that we often take for granted. These mundane items offer a way of analyzing the cultural values and technologies on which we rely (sometimes without knowing it!). Enjoy!
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO):
Though highly contentious and ethically problematic, GMO has made it to the mainstream. This is less of an invention that we take for granted,