I personally think engineers' inability to understand the limitations of their own abilities and the complexity of the problems we face, as evidenced by, say, t

I personally think engineers' inability to understand the limitations of their own abilities and the complexity of the problems we face, as evidenced by, say, the thought that if they were in charge they could fix everything, to be a strong recommendation against such a technocracy. Personally, I think the quality the world needs more of in its leaders today is humility. Our theories are probably wrong (an argument for conservatism in a classical sense) and we, as a group, are likely just as corruptible as any other group.