Rights and Responsibilities of the Disembodied Mind Overview Mind uploading– the idea that someday we will be able to transfer the information in our brains (our thoughts, memories, experiences, skill sets) into an external device, essentially creating a digital “copy” of ourselves–is now part of cultural zeitgeist. Books, tv shows, and movies speculate about it, while scientists and entrepreneurs dream … Read more
identify an endangered species of your choice and then provide some specific information about it. As a starting point to identify an endangered species, you might want to visit the US Fish and Wildlife Service list of Endangered Species at www.fws.gov/endangered/ or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) website at https://www.iucnredlist.org/. But you … Read more
Critique 2-Podcast For the podcast critique, students may select one of the following podcasts for this assignment. Critique 2: Podcast The Module 6 Human Error in Volatile Situations/ NPR Titan II podcast The Module 9 Ethics podcast – “Exit Through the Gift Shop” The Module 11 Shipwrecks and the Sea General Slocum podcast Students are … Read more
For the book critique, students may choose one of the following works: World War Z, The Worst Hard Time, or Five Days at Memorial. Students are encouraged to be both professional and creative in their responses. critique should be two pages single-spaced, or four pages double-spaced, with citations consistent with APA formatting. critique is worth 10% of the student’s final … Read more
Prior to beginning work on this final paper, review all chapters of Bensel and Carbone’s Sustaining Our Planet text (2020). In this paper, you will explore what a future sustainable world might look like, and in the process of doing so, extend your previous descriptions of selected terms and explain how they may play a … Read more
If you were elected president of a moderately developed country what would be your main focus? Economy or Environment. If you choose the economy the what is your plan for the environment and vice versa? Can one take care of the other? If so explain. If we replace capitalism with something else how can we … Read more
Scan the questions below, then review the EnvSci text (Ch7), and WATCH “Kiss the ground” (Password: school). View the rubric and answer the questions in the fields below by “clicking or tapping to enter text”. Save this file as a .docx and upload to the correct Exploration Activity submission location. https://bigpictureranch.vids.io/videos/119ddcb71c12e9ce98/kiss-the-ground-for-schools password to documentary: school … Read more
Engaged citizenship can be expressed in numerous ways. For some, social movements and political activism are signs of progress, while for others; they are signs of unwanted change and a declining society. Examples of social movements include concerns of global warming and climate change, protection of 2nd Amendment rights and one’s right to life, Black … Read more
Prior to beginning this discussion, read Chapters 7 and 8 in your course textbook. Imagine that you are a resident of Arzaville, a community whose characteristics are described below. You have come together with your neighbors for a special meeting to devise a plan for helping the community become carbon-neutral by 2050, meaning that by … Read more
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 7 and 8 in your course textbook. The purpose of this assignment is twofold: first, to enable you to explore a term (concept, technique, place, etc.) related to this week’s theme of sustaining atmosphere and climate; second, to provide your first contribution to a collective project, … Read more