Weekly Writing Weekly Writing Weekly Writing Please read the following: Misa, Chapter 2 Doolard, Roll Back the Sea (excerpts) Wiebe Bijker, “The Oosterschelde Storm Barrier,” Technology and Culture 43 (2002): 569-584. (All readings available on Blackboard in the additional readings folder) Throughout his book, Leonardo to the Internet: Technology & Culture from the Renaissance to the Present , Thomas Misa issues several sweeping yet profound statements. One such statement, found on p. 40, describes the Dutch Cargo Fluyt ship as “an artifact shaped by commerce.” Shortly thereafter in the same chapter, Misa issues another statement: “If the Dutch did not exactly invent capitalism, they created the first society where the principles of commerce and capitalism pervaded the culture.” (p. 43) While this is indeed the case, it is interesting to note that Dutch society exhibits a number of unique, generalized traits which include an unusually high degree of cultural tolerance as...