Sakari Tamminen je docentom na Fakulte sociálnych vied Univerzity v Helsinkách. Jeho práca sa zameriava na informačné technológie a ich vplyv na spoločnosť a život. Ako spoluautor knihy „Recoding Life: Information and the Biopolitical“ a spolueditor knihy „Bio-Objects: Life in the Twenty-First Century“ sa Tamminen zaoberá prepojením digitálneho sveta a biologických procesov. Jeho výskum osvetľuje zložité vzťahy medzi informáciou, mocou a životom v súčasnej ére.
Sakari Tamminen traces the ways in which the mandates of 1992's Convention on Biological Diversity-hailed as the key symbol of a common vision for saving Earth's biodiversity-contribute less to biodiversity conservation than to individual nations using genetic resources for economic and cultural gain.
Drawing on cases from the world of ‘free software’, this book examines Rousseau’s conception of freedom and its significance in the modern world of science and technology, where so much of our experience and activity is enwrapped by algorithms, from our property to our food, bodies, brains and, by extension, our liberty.