jbrenner assigns HOMEwork - Planning Atlantis
An assignment I give my students in almost every course I teach is what I call a questions and issues sheet. Students are asked to come up with a list of at least 25 questions and issues on a process design, product design, or failure analysis of my choosing. Students start by brainstorming either by themselves or in groups for 0.5 to 1 hour, and then categorize their questions and issues into the following categories: technical/engineering, economic, legal, regulatory, quality, environmental, safety, health, logistical, project management, and social impact. It is better for the questions and issues to be in the form of a question such that the question can be answered with a yes/no or a number. In that way, the exercise serves as a checklist to keep the project on track. Points are given for the number of questions, category coverage, identification of all of the key issues, depth of insight, creativity, and for thoroughness of the list. A critical issue not considered is often the project killer. Your assignment is to participate in this exercise for the development of a physical Atlantis.
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If you feed the genetically similar dead things to living things you get Mad Cow Disease and CWD and things of that nature.
Strangely, that's why pig is non-kosher. Pigs are the closely related to humans on the DNA scale. DON'T EAT YOUR COUSINS!!! ........well ... there are some of us that would want some clarification .....
I'm going to wait about a week for feedback total.
The US could be repaired if a sufficient number of Americans had the willingness to repair it, but the American public is too invested in what they can get from their government. John F. Kennedy would be disappointed in this generation in that respect.
The Republicans actively bash anyone who makes a serious attempt at correcting the situation, so they are only somewhat better than the Democrats who are actively leading a charge over the cliff.
The founding fathers gave us a republic, Over the past 100 years we have not kept it. In 2012, it could have been reasonably argued that America could have been repaired, but when it doubled down on socialism, the debt reached levels that are beyond the tipping point. When Romney got blamed for losing the election for making his infamous 47% statement to donors, he didn't realize that he was underestimating the percentage that were beyond hope of convincing of the merits of the founding fathers.
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain."
John Adams
I don't think the U.S is beyond repair. The founding fathers gave us a pretty damned good start, and maybe it isn't too late to get it back on track.
So for question one may I suggest...
1) Can we reform the U.S.A. back into a republic based on personal liberty (turn the U.S. into Atlantis)?
... A hypothetical flowchart bifurcates almost exponentially at that point.
If the answer is yes, however, the "American Atlantis" could be used to point the way for the rest of the world.
I call this the "Halfway there" option. It uses what we have to build what we want.
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I can't help but think back to those days when someone talks about colonizing Mars or the Moon. Minus 30 is a warm summer day on Mars.
Antarctica is a tropical paradise in comparison, and it has air and water, plus lots of raw materials. In some ways it is the last terrestrial frontier.
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