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The production and dramatic composition of a two-part film documentary entitled Life at Stake, financed by the Swedish research community and broadcast on public service television is analyzed to examine the development of public engagement with biotechnology. The actions of the new non-profit organization Scientists Meet Film-Makers, and crucial mediating role this organization played in creating the conditions of possibility for 'Life at Stake' to be financed, produced and broadcast is highlighted.

A critical analysis of Bruno Latour's book 'We Have Never Been Modern' is presented. Topics discussed include the theory of a Great Divide, originating from 17th century philosophy, which separates the natural and social worlds and influences contemporary concepts of modernism.

Anticonstructivism, favored by Langdon Winner, is destructive when compared to constructivism. Winner feels that the new form of constructivism in the sociology of technology is the end of intellectualism. He is pessimistic about science and the human values associated with it. Clifford Geertz is optimistic and feels that Winner's fear and doubts will retard progress.