Biotech Time-Bomb: The Side-Effects Are the Main Effects (The Hampton Press Communication Series)

Biotech Time Bomb is a probing analysis of the origins, transformations, and prospects of the Western mentality behind genetic engineering and similar strategies for manipulating the basic element of life. It is the first media ecology critique of the control paradigm now dominant in developed socities, and a clarion call for cross-cultural dialogue. Beyond demonstrating in damming detail how the side-effects of new technologies usually turn out to be their main effects, the book also highlights alternative perspectives from other cultures, and urges renewed attention to the inexhaustable resourcefulness of life itself.