ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that there will be little or no or weak regulation of knowledge because "traditional mediating forces seem inadequate, if not complicit. It highlights the difference between "German scholars who are afraid of a chaotic future because they are planners," and Americans who "want to bring on the future as fast as they can because they are competitive optimists." The book explores the question of "whether the regulation of knowledge might not be a task for scientists themselves, and whether the presence of ethical points of view ought not to be implicit in their approach to their object". It argues that race as social construction "can and does have a substantial effect on how people behave." The book suggests that "it is extremely difficult even to think about controlling either the process or the results.".
