Orwell said, "There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them." Given the record of technocratic missteps, misguided social enginee

Orwell said, "There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them." Given the record of technocratic missteps, misguided social engineering, bad policies and wars, one could make the case that we could collectively do a lot better if intellectual elites could be taught some common sense and humility.