Donald MacKenzie on visions of infinite scaling in tech: "AI’s scale doesn’t matter just to specialists. The rest of us are being taken on a ride along the logarithmic curve too." (NB Mackenzie seems to have taken the hint from Shapin and is now writing essays for LRB, hurrah!) #sts #envhums #envsoc
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A fantastic, international #PhD opportunity for all excited about #biodiversity, #farming and its socio-cultural background. Work together with #farmers and
Katrin Prager at the beautiful Aberdeen University and at the Queens University Belfast. #EnviSky #EconSky #EnvSoc
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Is regulating chemicals by class vs one by one doable? #envsoc #pfoa #pfas #c8 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b04980 cc @laurelschaider
An update from Centralia, on fire since Carson published Silent Spring. #envsoc #envhist Via @sarahzhang @TheAtlantic h/t @andersen
‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke, AKA #Prius repellent." http://nyti.ms/2cl7usE #envhist #envsoc
#Envsoc Kari Norgaard argues we have too few places to convene on climate. @kateschapira is on that. @hakaimagazine
#Envsoc, part II @nmackend @TammyL_Lewis @RBrulle @smzavestoski @HaluzaDeLay @EnviroSocASA
Enviro. sociologists! @stephmalin_soc @KgouldA @TimmonsRoberts @ChristineSheare @DrBobBullard @davidciplet @sabmc #envsoc #ScholarSunday