To the above question, many things come to mind. This lesson is about investigating ideas, the thought process, and improving the mind in a legitimate pursuit of knowledge. The entire class consists of a variety of literature from completely different sources that relate in sometimes unorthodox ways. More recently we have evaluated the permeance of Genetically Modified Organisms in our food culture; this is why we deeply considered Pollan's statements about the potato and the desire it satisfies (our desire for control). In Pollan's text we took a look at his views on monoculture, which he says is "the most powerful simplification of modern agriculture" and yet he also says that "nothing else in agriculture is so poorly suited to the way nature seems function" (225). Michael Pollan also says he doesn't want to make potato salad with his NewLeaf potatoes because if people knew they were GMO they wouldn't eat them. In the Fast Food Nation Reading about French Fries, it says that "The Food and Drug Administration does not require food companies to disclose the ingredients of their additives as long as the chemicals are considered by the agency to be generally safe" (125). It would seem that in this respect Pollan made a smart decision, and this is one of the few points on which I agree with him. However, in my opinion, the general negative stigma towards GMOs is mostly unjustified; there are many advantages to genetic modification that allow us to circumvent the difficulties that Pollan's beloved nature imposes on us. Occasionally readings intended to be related were not written for an appropriate audience. In the text Potatoes in the imperialist imagination, the author states that "the literal body of Christ and the indigenous body of the potato would occupy the opposite extremes of