The information age and its new lexicon: Biotechnology as a case in point
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TL;DR
Examining biotechnology as part of an information age will allow us to see how this new age demands the reinterpretation of basic ideas ranging from scientific vision to theories of properties and property rights.
Abstract
Abstract We are in the midst of an emerging information age. Like all other world orders, the information age is founded on lexicons. In this article, the author focuses on biotechnology to illustrate some of the issues involved in this new age and its lexicon. Examining biotechnology as part of an information age, argues the author, will allow us to see how this new age demands the reinterpretation of basic ideas ranging from scientific vision to theories of properties and property rights.