April 23, 2007

“Facing the Facebook” – Michael Bugeja; “A Dad’s Encounter with the Vortex of Facebook” – Michael Duffy

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December 06, 2006

"Comfort" –Aldous Huxley; The Corrections (a selection) – Jonathan Franzen

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November 30, 2006

“Is MySpace Just a Fad?” – Danah Boyd; “The End“ of the Internet?” – Jeff Chester

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November 16, 2006

"Doing What Came Naturally: The Home Computer" – Merritt Ierley

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November 09, 2006

“Mobile Telephony...” – Imar de Vries; “The world's a cell-phone stage” - Ryan Kim

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November 02, 2006

“A Room of One’s Own” – Michael Pollan

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October 31, 2006

Mill City Museum

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October 24, 2006

America as Second Creation – David E. Nye: chapters 5 & 6

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October 19, 2006

“Hoover Dam: A Study in Domination” – Donald Worster; "Hoover Dam" (www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/)

October 17, 2006

“Nature Devastated” – Donald Worster

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October 05, 2006

The End of Suburbia

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October 03, 2006

Presentations

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“The Car and the Road” – Alexander Wilson; “Roads Belong in the Landscape” - JB Jackson; “Industrial Tourism and the National Parks” – Edward Abbey

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September 28, 2006

"Automobiles and Automobility" – Ruth S. Cowan; Easy Rider

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September 26, 2006

America as Second Creation – David E. Nye: chapter 8; "Sounds" – Henry Thoreau

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September 21, 2006

America as Second Creation – David E. Nye: chapter 7 (152-173)

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September 19, 2006

“Transportation Revolutions” – Ruth S. Cowan; America as Second Creation – David E. Nye: chapter 7 (147-152)

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September 14, 2006

America as Second Creation – David Nye: Introduction and chapter 1

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September 12, 2006

"Technology and Happiness" – James Surowiecki; "The Technological Imperative" – Lewis Mumford; “Invention’s New Mother” – Chuck Klosterman

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September 07, 2006

Frankenstein – Mary Shelley; "Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?" – Leo Marx

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September 03, 2006

"Shopping List for a Desert Island" – Tom Neale

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