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    Complexity and Global solutions

    Apparently, our biology is an important factor in determining how we react with the rest of society. The individual is smart and insightful. Humans in groups are dumb, act under peer pressure and towards social conformity. Without great leadership, people in groups are stupid, violent...
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    Complexity and Global solutions

    It’s easier to work towards your own interests than working together as a group to solve a problem. It's even harder to unite other countries with different global agendas towards a common goal. There's a lot of thought provoking video clips regarding complexity and how global problems become...
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    Evolution- Biology- Rate of Change

    Like Global warming.
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    Evolution- Biology- Rate of Change

    This is probably a horrible example, but it's what comes to mind and hopefully it'll be funny. In the movie Jurassic Park, the scientist's took knowledge they used for granted, and spliced dinosaur DNA. Those scientist's didn't earn the knowledge of bioengineering of genetic scientists before...
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    BP Oil crisis - Complexity

    Why does something as simple as an oil leak turn into a full blown out crisis? Part of the reason is that British Petroleum (BP) denied world wide help until BP realized that the oil leak was much greater than they had anticipated. Even though we have access to the technology to prevent...
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    Evolution- Biology- Rate of Change

    There are moments throughout time where evolution pushes forward and different species are capable of evolving at a faster rate than usual. However, this accelerated rate of change takes anywhere from 10,000 years to a million years to occur. With the acceleration of technology in the past 50...
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    "U.S is Bankrupt and We Don't Even Know It"

    Although I don’t think the end of the world is coming, I’d be lying if I didn’t think the value of the US Dollars could drastically drop during in the next couple of years. This could be the equivalent of the fall of American Civilization. I hate being pessimistic but it seems foolish to not...
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    Watchman's Rattle by Rebecca Costa

    Why can’t we solve our problems anymore? Why do threats such as the Gulf oil spill, worldwide recession, global warming, terrorism, and pandemic viruses suddenly seem unstoppable? These are the questions Rebecca Costa confronts – and offers a solution to –in her show and much anticipated and...
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    Social Problems on a Global scale - Complexity

    BP Oil crisis - Complexity Why does something as simple as an oil leak turn into a full blown out crisis? Part of the reason is that British Petroleum (BP) denied world wide help until BP realized that the oil leak was much greater than they had anticipated. Rebecca Costa discusses in her...
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    Social Problems on a Global scale - Complexity

    Evolution- Biology- Rate of Change There are moments throughout time where evolution pushes forward and different species are capable of evolving at a faster rate than usual. However, this accelerated rate of change takes anywhere from 10,000 years to a million years to occur. With the...
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    Social Problems on a Global scale - Complexity

    Despite having access to the technology to help alleviate global problems like starvation and famine, world governments haven’t found a cost efficient way to work together to solve them. Although wealthier nations do send aid throughout the world it’s still difficult to ensure that the people...
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