Chemistry-Week 7-Article Discussion
I learned a lot from both articles, Between Magic and Science, and This concrete is going high-tech. This first article talks about alchemy in terms of the use of technology. It is fascinating and alarming that alchemy of infotech is used in the same sentence. Infotech is scientific, but to some degree it is causing a distrust in science, but also a dependancy. Mark Mullen states it well at the end of the article that, "Our fascination with the irrational, with magic, is undoubtedly always present, but it tends to flare into an alchemical rhetoric as our anxiety deepens concerning a society that appears to be coming overly-complex, technical, rational."
The second article mentioned above about the use of concrete being the world's second largest industrial source of carbon dioxide. What struck me as even more of a surprise was that in 2017 it was responsible for about 4 billion pounds of CO2 emission! According to the article it sounds like a solution is in the works. Using less concrete, making it just as strong, and using technology to capture the CO2 so a significant amount is not released into the atmosphere. This sounds like too good to be true. I love the idea and that companies are finding environmentally progressive ways to change the problem, but will this changed concrete withstand the test of time? According to them, yes.
The second article mentioned above about the use of concrete being the world's second largest industrial source of carbon dioxide. What struck me as even more of a surprise was that in 2017 it was responsible for about 4 billion pounds of CO2 emission! According to the article it sounds like a solution is in the works. Using less concrete, making it just as strong, and using technology to capture the CO2 so a significant amount is not released into the atmosphere. This sounds like too good to be true. I love the idea and that companies are finding environmentally progressive ways to change the problem, but will this changed concrete withstand the test of time? According to them, yes.
Comments
I like how you talked about the distrusting science not out weighing the dependancy. I know in my own life I may be aware and actively taking part in the need to use science/technology on a daily basis while also being horrified at how it could be effecting my body.
It is a great reminder to bring back the "magic" and art in our lives. It is a great reminder to step away from the technology and have our own creative experiments in a different way.