1st Edition
Merged Evolution Long-term Complications of Biotechnology and Informatin Technology
By Susantha Goonatilake
Copyright 1999
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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Merged Evolution charts the implications of two major forces of change, information technology and biotechnology, combined with a third force, that of 'artifactual' information, which is handed down dichronically from computing device to computing device. Through developments anticipated in the near future, Dr. Goonatilake describes the merging of these three systems, a convergence which will... Read more
Introduction I THREE LINEAGES AND TWO TECHNOLOGIES 1 Biological Evolution: The Genetic Lineage 2 The Cultural Stream of Science 3 The Computer Information Flowline 4 The Exosomatic Lineage Develops Its Autonomy 5 Biotechnology II THE THREE LINEAGES MERGE 6 The Merging of Culture and Artificial Information 7 The Merging of Culture and Genes 8 The Merging of Biology and Computing III CONSEQUENCES 9 The Macro Properties of Merged Evolution 10 An Extended Sociology: The Structure of New Communities
Biography
Susantha Goonatilake, Center for Studies of Social Change New School for Social Research New York, New York, USA.
