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The primary problem with that isn't that it would turn into a technocracy, it's that it would instantly make influence over ACM or IEEE extremely valuable. In a
by Tuna-Fish 15y ago
The primary problem with that isn't that it would turn into a technocracy, it's that it would instantly make influence over ACM or IEEE extremely valuable. In a few short years the organizations would degrade into paid shills.
The various laws mandating standard-compliance already did this to the standards bodies.
- saulrh 15y agoOne possibility: spread things out to the point where there are too many groups to influence and personal relations between engineers overpower what remains. Instead of calling in the ACM for an audio compression patent case, ask the Audio Engineering Society and they'll send you six guys that have known each other for twenty years and have shared beers with every other person involved in the case.