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the tech/science community is the most able body of people in the country. I'm sure if there coordinated effort was made, it could put technologists in every of

the tech/science community is the most able body of people in the country. I'm sure if there coordinated effort was made, it could put technologists in every office in the country.

tokenadult 15y ago
the most able body of people in the country Most able at what? Most people who are in elected office, or who have been in elected office, have a certain repertoire of skills in getting along with other people and in keeping track of mutual obligations that helps make the political process work. Some scientists or engineers who become politicians http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter http://mcnerney.house.gov/ http://mcnerney.house.gov/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Ehlers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Ehlers http://holt.house.gov/ http://holt.house.gov/ http://olver.house.gov/ http://olver.house.gov/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Foster_(Illinois_politician) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Foster_(Illinois_politicia... http://sharp.sefora.org/issues/111th-congress-degrees-by-type/ http://sharp.sefora.org/issues/111th-congress-degrees-by-typ... have had some degree of those skills, and some people with other academic degrees have gained understanding of how science relates to public policy. http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9226.html http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9226.html But scientists and engineers are still fallible human beings, http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300123852 http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300123852 and the political process will still come under influence of concentrated interest groups http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PublicChoice.html http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PublicChoice.html regardless of which people fill the offices.
- marshallp 15y ago
  Of course, if a technologist tries to get elected on his own, he won't win because he isn't a natural politician. What I'm saying, with all the talent that exists in this the sceience/engineering/programming community, if they organized, built software systems and mathematical models etc, I believe they could get "their man/woman" in every office in the country.
  - gujk 15y ago
    Did you miss tokenadult's list of many technologist politicians? Also, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Biss http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Biss

the tech/science community is the most able body of people in the country. I'm sure if there coordinated effort was made, it could put technologists in every office in the country.

tokenadult 15y ago

the most able body of people in the country Most able at what? Most people who are in elected office, or who have been in elected office, have a certain repertoire of skills in getting along with other people and in keeping track of mutual obligations that helps make the political process work. Some scientists or engineers who become politicians http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter http://mcnerney.house.gov/ http://mcnerney.house.gov/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Ehlers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Ehlers http://holt.house.gov/ http://holt.house.gov/ http://olver.house.gov/ http://olver.house.gov/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Foster_(Illinois_politician) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Foster_(Illinois_politicia... http://sharp.sefora.org/issues/111th-congress-degrees-by-type/ http://sharp.sefora.org/issues/111th-congress-degrees-by-typ... have had some degree of those skills, and some people with other academic degrees have gained understanding of how science relates to public policy. http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9226.html http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9226.html But scientists and engineers are still fallible human beings, http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300123852 http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300123852 and the political process will still come under influence of concentrated interest groups http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PublicChoice.html http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PublicChoice.html regardless of which people fill the offices.

marshallp 15y ago
Of course, if a technologist tries to get elected on his own, he won't win because he isn't a natural politician. What I'm saying, with all the talent that exists in this the sceience/engineering/programming community, if they organized, built software systems and mathematical models etc, I believe they could get "their man/woman" in every office in the country.
- gujk 15y ago
  Did you miss tokenadult's list of many technologist politicians? Also, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Biss http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Biss