Reading over Jeremy Rifkin’s article “Dazzled by the Science,” one is struck by a paradox. On the one hand there is the litany of controversial examples pertaining to biotechnology and art. You would expect a cohesive argument to emerge from this. But it doesn’t. There’s a position, however, and it’s very clear: biotech is bad. Or, if we were to be more generous, we would say that Rifkin’s position is that biotech is an infringement upon nature, and as such is morally reprehensible, not least because it is driven by economic imperatives. But this, to my mind, verges on being reactionary. Why does it matter?
Author: Eugene Thacker
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