The Making of a New Biophilia:Evolutionary Governance and the Modern Creation Myth
More than a half-century has passed since Julian Huxley proposed that humanity take a conscious—and, he added, unavoidable—role in guiding evolution on Earth.1 Now, with advances in biotechnology that increase human ability to manipulate life processes, with increasing energy consumption that alters global climate and virtually all ecosystems, with the planet encircled by satellites that…