Technology

Once upton a time man had sticks and rocks as tools but as time passed these tools began to fashion new tools. A new age of technology was arising and has ceased to slow down or stop. We live in a generation where technology has vastly changed the environment we live in and the structure of how we live. We no longer live in a hunter and gatherer society. We do not have to use up much of our own energy to prepare a meal. Hunter and gatherers had to search, find and kill their prey to cook. Because of technology we simply go to the local grocery store and pick up some steak, chicket breasts or beef. The most energy we might expend is by shaking some spices onto the meat for flavor.
Domestication is a direct result of technology. Technological advancements and domestication have created more sources of food for us to eat but at the same time they remove some natural nutrients as well. If the trend of domesticating our plants and animals for food continues, I wonder if the nutrients they provide will continue to nurish our bodies in the same way?

Jeffrey Lee

Vios

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The need for nutrients is a universal concept that crosses all boundaries of living species. The consumption of food for humans can be used in many different ways. Food can be used to signify a celebration, create jobs, play a role in religious rituals, and keep traditions. These are but a few of the uses food has in our world today.
In weddings Food is always provided in some manner, whether it is in an appetizer, full course meal, or simply a ceremonial wedding cake. Food plays a part in celebrating the joining of a married couple. Just as food is used to celebrate marriage, food in some cultures is used to bless fertility of a marriage. In the Indian culture certain types of fish are prepared for husbands in ceremonial meals to bless their sperm in hope of impregnating their wives. This is can also be an example of food being used as part of a religious ceremony.
All humans require nutrients and food to live, so what better way to make a living than proving food to others as a way of earning income. Many people start up restaurants or own farms in hope that people purchase their crops in the return for a monetary return. Food has many different uses and these examples above are but a few. Vios means “life by food,” and for all people this term is literal and metaphorical.

Jeffrey Lee

Ecology of Eden: Axis Powers

Mutualism is a relationship between two species that has potential to yield a greater population growth for both species. The reason I use the word potential in the sentence above is because there are the issues of predation and competition that come into play in mutualism. Mutuality of species usually results in two different happenings one being a species merely fills an empty or half-filled niche, the second being a whole ecosystem or whole planet has potential to be demolished or remade. The example our book uses is that of Germany, Italy, and Japan working together and doing more to destabilize our world than Germany could have done on its own. Mutualism can be beneficial or destructive in nature. Hopefully this type of relationship benefits our environment and world rather than bringing about its demise.

Jeffrey Lee