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Knowledge is Power
Posted by Christina Agapakis on March 23, 2010
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I read R.C. Lewontin‘s Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA over the weekend and was struck in particular by one line in his wonderful diatribe against biological determinism and reductionism: “Intellectuals in their self-flattering wish-fulfillment say that knowledge is power, but the truth is that knowledge further empowers only those who have or can…
Biology is Technology
Posted by Christina Agapakis on February 10, 2010 “The history of any given technology is extraordinarily complex.” –Rob Carlson, Biology is Technology. Analyzing the history of a technology requires a complex look at the social, economic, and political context in which it emerged, and the reciprocal influences that the developing technology exerts on these factors. Predicting what the future of a technology will…