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BIOECONOMY AND THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE AGE OF SYNTHETIC LIFE

BIOECONOMY AND THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE AGE OF SYNTHETIC LIFE
MICHAEL A. PETERS, PRIYA VENKATESAN

ABSTRACT. This paper discusses a scientific publication on the creation of new synthetic life by researchers at the Craig Venter Institute in May 2010 within the context of biocapitalism and the ‘third industrial revolution’. It also reviews and analyzes the debate over the creation of synthetic life examining the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. pp. 148–162

Keywords: bioeconomy, third, industrial, revolution, synthetic, life

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MICHAEL A. PETERS
mpet001@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
PRIYA VENKATESAN
pvenkatesan@scu.edu
University of California at Berkeley Extension