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The sunset comes for US hegemony for the same reason that China will not succeed long term, or even medium term, for that matter: Decision making that is opposi
by moosey 8y ago
The sunset comes for US hegemony for the same reason that China will not succeed long term, or even medium term, for that matter: Decision making that is oppositional to what technocracy would demand. I think that it's fine to take culture into decision making most of the time, but when your process turns a full 180 from what observation suggests is the proper course of action, you will run into long term issues socially, economically, and militarily, and both of these nations are going to run head long into those.
What I fear is the damage that they will cause in the run up to these failures.
- ivalm 8y ago> what technocracy would demand This is a somewhat complicated issue. Remember, eugenics, humors, etc were all previously part of "technocracy" view of the world. I'm not saying we should embrace religion/superstition/etc as an answer, but decision making in the name of science/technology is not as fool-proof as many believe.
- moosey 8y agoThat's why I mentioned observational data as well. The examples listed did not follow observational data, or followed flawed interpretations of data. A contemporary example of the failure to follow what would be a true technocratic ideal would be how we are handling climate change.