Life as a Raw Material

Illusions of Control

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13008024
AutoresOron Catts (0000-0002-2893-5364, autor correspondente), Ionat Zurr (0000-0001-9080-2282)
Ano2012
Volume2
Fascículo2
Páginas250-262
Data de publicação2012-08-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSomatechnics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2044-0138 • E-ISSN: 2044-0146
EditoraEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3366/soma.2012.0060
OpenAlexW2078352951
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas5

The paper discusses and critiques the concept of the single engineering paradigm. This concepts allude to a future in which the control of matter and life, and life as matter, will be achieved by applying engineering principles; through nanotechnology, synthetic biology and, as some suggest, geo-engineering, cognitive engineering and neuro-engineering. We outline some issues in the short history of the field labelled as Synthetic Biology. Furthermore; we examine the way engineers, scientists, designers and artists are positioned and articulating the use of the tools of Synthetic Biology to expose some of the philosophical, ethical and political forces and considerations of today as well as some future scenarios. We suggest that one way to enable the possibilities of alternative frames of thought is to open up the know-how and the access to these technologies to other disciplines, including artistic

Biology · Cognitive science · Control (management · Engineering ethics · Field (mathematics · Illusion · Management science · Nanotechnology · Synthetic biology · Computer Science · Engineering · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Neuroscience · Psychology · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life · Artificial Intelligence