For The Tech minded, I wrote an guest column that touched on the autonomy of technical management aspect. https://thetech.com/2024/07/11/anniversary-vannevar-b

For The Tech minded, I wrote an guest column that touched on the autonomy of technical management aspect. https://thetech.com/2024/07/11/anniversary-vannevar-bush-passing https://thetech.com/2024/07/11/anniversary-vannevar-bush-pas... the “unchecked committee of technocratic experts appeared to be his preferred agency governance form.” refers both to his utterances illustrated in his only biography to date, and particularly to the would-be May-Johnson governance structure he promoted. Today we see the debate in full swing with discussion of technocratic elitism, (particularly this year more than last when I wrote the piece). I wrestle with the pitfalls & perceived benefits a technocratic elite sans much representative democratic oversight. But make no mistake, a ‘Vannevarian’ world would appear very different to the current one we prefer to think we live in. The closest example in pop culture to what I imagine is the Fallout franchise’s Vault governance & managed society.