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This is a direction of thought I find quite interesting. And I'd like to ask you what you think would have happened if it were the technocrats who shaped or wor
by falcor84 9y ago
This is a direction of thought I find quite interesting. And I'd like to ask you what you think would have happened if it were the technocrats who shaped or world.
The only type of scenario that comes to my (not very well-read) mind is the one in A Brave New World, which is in my opinion one of the most benevolent possible dystopias. What is it that you have in mind? And how much worse is it, especially compared to the other forms of human suffering we're facing?
- mcguire 9y agoA Brave New Worldis pretty good, as an end state, but here's the question: Who are you going to tell, "We're going to engineer your children to be content, healthy slaves without the ability to perceive their own chains?" Do you tell them beforehand? Might as well pick someone you don't like, right? STEMmies are also big supporters of the flavor of the month club. Every vein of inquiry gets hopped on as The Truth until it plays out and something new comes along. Scientists and engineers are as political as anyone else and more than happy to put their own goals above anything else. Really, the problem of technocracy is that it is the same as any other semi-totalitarianism, except that it is coated in a veneer of "reason" that you cannot argue with.