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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">One final reminder about today’s STEMinar (usual day, but a slightly different time). You may register directly at this link:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/FrimSTEMinar__;!!IkmNjII!RdMiggqmQGpZ3Rg592bGYxjKzDYZtFFkVA3wpDR2R8J7S8Hdrm6xq-kkw8NR66ms$">https://bit.ly/FrimSTEMinar</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Whitaker Center Virtual STEMinar Series</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Whitaker Center is pleased to welcome <b>Dr. Landon Frim</b>, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Philosophy at FGCU, for a virtual STEMinar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Time, Date, Location</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1:30-2:30, Wednesday, March 10, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Zoom info at <a href="http://www.fgcu.edu/whitakercenter">www.fgcu.edu/whitakercenter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Title</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <i>PROMETHEUS vs GAIA: Technology, Ecology, and the Future of Humankind</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Abstract:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> We are facing unprecedented challenges, not least of which is global climate change. But how shall we meet these challenges? Two intellectual
tendencies have emerged as of late. Eco-pessimists invoke the image of Gaia. They insist that we should humble ourselves before the Earth, and that "small is beautiful." On the other hand, accelerationists invoke the titan Prometheus, who defied the Gods in
order to steal fire. For them, advanced technology is the answer, and our only hope is to outgrow the present crises. What could be starker than a choice between community gardens and terraforming whole planets? Surprisingly, however, these two mythic positions
share more in common than appearances let on. This talk will reveal these similarities, and point toward a new way forward altogether.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brian Johnson, Ph.D.
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interim Director and Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Whitaker Center for STEM Education and Department of Mathematics
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