Merged evolution
Subtitle: long-term implications of biotechnology and information technology
By: Susantha Goonatilake.
Series: World futures general evolution studies,; v. 14
Publisher: Gordon and Breach
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Technology -- Social aspects.; Biotechnology.; Information technology.; Evolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I THREE LINEAGES AND TWO TECHNOLOGIES 11; title: 1 Biological Evolution: The Genetic Lineage 13; title: 2 The Cultural Stream of Science 23; title: 3 The Computer Information Flowline 35; title: 4 The Exosomatic Lineage Develops Its Autonomy 47; title: 5 Biotechnology; title: 71; title: II THE THREE LINEAGES MERGE 85; title: 6 The Merging of Culture and Artificial Information 87; title: 7 The Merging of Culture and Genes 117; title: 8 The Merging of Biology and Computing 147; title: III CONSEQUENCES 165; title: 9 The Macro Properties of Merged Evolution 167; title: 10 An Extended Sociology: The Structure; title: of New "Communities" 197.