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Dean Chahim, “How to Engineer a Water Crisis‪”‬ Stanford Alumni Speaker Events

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Stanford anthropology PhD candidate Dean Chahim studies how people come to believe in the overwhelming power of technology to resolve environmental crises—and whether that faith is misplaced. In this talk, Dean describes how early solutions to Mexico City’s water crisis diffused, rather than completely solved, the problem over time.

Stanford anthropology PhD candidate Dean Chahim studies how people come to believe in the overwhelming power of technology to resolve environmental crises—and whether that faith is misplaced. In this talk, Dean describes how early solutions to Mexico City’s water crisis diffused, rather than completely solved, the problem over time.

7 min

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