HPS202H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bald Eagle, Yellow Fever, Chernobyl Disaster
19 Jan 2017
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Idea: Tech. Adv bring power, money, etc.
Headrick - Power over Nature - a view
e.g. Automobile, Railway, Labour Saving Mech., etc.
Counter - Accommodation of Nature, Adaptation to Nature
e.g. Biotechnology, Sheep, Cotton, etc.
Consequences of Headricks’
e.g. DDT,
Story of the Sorcerer's Apprentice: when sorcerer is away, apprentice makes a mop
to do his chores and goes out of control, only solved when sorceror comes back
- article by Cowan on Automobile
pros.
cleaner, faster, less congestion
cons.
generated emission, congestion
idea of developing something (technology and use), but created unseen, unfavorable
consequences
e.g. Insecticides - potentially solving problems, but harms wildlife (bald eagle)
insects built a resistance, natural selection and reproduction
yellow fever, malaria, typhus prevention
Refrigerators - prevent disease, but harms ozone
Atomic - weapon, starts a secrecy
adverts emphasized benefits, promoted energy efficiency
utopian, optimism strategy
the domesticated nature of atomic energy
but didn’t emphasize waste, fission half-life, radiation exposure
tech. details, secret reports
birth defects, chernobyl accident
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