The text suggests a fifth social revolution could be grounded in advances in which area?

• A. Digital marketing strategies
• B. Space exploration
• C. Mapping the human genome and biotechnology
• D. Agricultural automation

Answer: (C)

Advances in biology and biotechnology could ground a fifth social revolution because they have the broadest potential to reorganize everyday life, economies, and governance. Genome mapping and biotech open transformative possibilities in medicine, agriculture, energy, and environmental management, bringing deep changes in health systems, work, research, and ethical-political debates. This kind of shift isn’t just about new tools for communication or exploration; it centers on life sciences that reshape how societies function at a fundamental level, including who has access to life-saving therapies, how food is produced, and how biotechnological innovations are regulated and monetized. In contrast, digital marketing mainly changes how information is marketed and consumed; space exploration expands capabilities but doesn’t alone reconfigure social structures; agricultural automation affects production processes but remaining closer to industrial change. Hence, mapping the human genome and biotechnology best fits the idea of a foundational, society-wide transformation.