Reviews for Dna Technology

The average rating for Dna Technology based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-11-28 00:00:00 Neal Egan This book proceeds briskly through an excellent range of political, social, technical, and historical views of key challenges facing humanity. It is really quite remarkable how Barbour can lay out with subtlety and grace (I use that term with manifold meanings) so many issues in such disparate areas as agricultural degradation, the loss of community, and the threat of computerization to privacy--just to name a few. It's all the more remarkable how well the analyses written in 1991 still apply today. Certainly there have been important changes that would enter into a similar analysis today, such as fracking and mobile devices in the technical arena, and the trajectories of post-Soviet nations and the post-9/11 war against terror in the political arena. But Barbour comes across quite relevant. I must admit, however, that I have seen most of these issues elsewhere and saw the book as a summary of useful topics rather than as a new contribution. The Christian angle did not add as much as I had hoped. For instance, one need not cite the "biblical understanding of human fallibility" to worry about accidents at nuclear power plants. But Barbour's introduction to process theology was salient and interesting.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-02-06 00:00:00 Dwohntany Wilder This is the only book I read in college. Probably the only book I read in about four years. I started to read other books, required or otherwise, and found myself unable to concentrate. However, "Ethics in an Age of Technology" blew my mind and I loved reading it. I hope to read it again sometime soon.