The Biotech Century by Jeremy Rifkin
Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World
The book argues that biotechnology will redefine the global economy and social order much as industrial technology did in the last century, as humans learn to read, rewrite and manufacture living systems. It surveys advances in genetic engineering, cloning, stem-cell research and synthetic biology and warns that treating life as information and property will reorganize markets, concentrate corporate and political power, create new ethical dilemmas about identity and human enhancement, and deepen social and economic inequalities. It calls for precautionary regulation, democratic oversight, protection of biodiversity, and alternative, more open models of innovation to ensure that the shift to biological manufacturing benefits society rather than consolidating control in the hands of a few.
- Published
- 1998
- Nationality
- American
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- Original Language
- English
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