. ▁He ▁was ▁ 9 6 . ▁ ▁Con cept s ▁ ▁Bi ote chn ology ▁and ▁gen etic ▁engineering ▁ ▁D ys on ▁admitted ▁his ▁record ▁as ▁a ▁proph et ▁was ▁mixed , ▁but ▁thought ▁it ▁is ▁better ▁to ▁be ▁wrong ▁than ▁vague , ▁and ▁that ▁in ▁meeting ▁the ▁world ' s ▁material ▁needs , ▁technology ▁must ▁be ▁beautiful ▁and ▁cheap . ▁ ▁D ys on ▁co ined ▁the ▁term ▁" green ▁techn ologies ", ▁based ▁on ▁bi ology ▁instead ▁of ▁physics ▁or ▁chem istry , ▁to ▁describe ▁new ▁species ▁of ▁micro organ isms ▁and ▁plants ▁designed ▁to ▁meet ▁human ▁needs . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁such ▁techn ologies ▁would ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁solar ▁power ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁foss il ▁fu els ▁whose ▁use ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁calls ▁" gray ▁techn ologies " ▁of ▁industry . ▁He ▁believed ▁that ▁gen et ically ▁engine ered ▁cro ps , ▁which ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁green , ▁can ▁help ▁end ▁rural ▁pover ty , ▁with ▁a ▁movement ▁based ▁in ▁eth ics ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁in equ itable ▁distribution ▁of ▁wealth ▁on ▁the ▁planet . ▁ ▁The ▁Origin ▁of ▁Life ▁ ▁D ys on ▁fav ored ▁the ▁dual ▁origin ▁theory : ▁that ▁life ▁first ▁formed ▁as ▁cells , ▁then ▁en zym es , ▁and ▁finally , ▁much ▁later , ▁gen es . ▁This ▁was ▁first ▁prop ounded ▁by ▁the ▁Russian ▁Alexander ▁O par in . ▁J . ▁B . ▁S . ▁H ald ane ▁developed ▁the ▁same ▁theory ▁independently . ▁In ▁D ys on