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Sounds like a branch of the Technocracy movement which Musks grandfather helped found. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_N._Haldeman https://en.wikipedia.or
by irthomasthomas 3mo ago
Sounds like a branch of the Technocracy movement which Musks grandfather helped found.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_N._Haldeman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_N._Haldeman
"The technocracy movement proposed replacing partisan politicians and business people with scientists and engineers who had the technical expertise to manage the economy"
- jauntywundrkind 3mo agoWhoa whoa whoa. I don't think it's at all fair trying to throw Technocracy under the bus. The guilt by association doesn't look great! But Technocracy was interesting. It had some hopes & values, and it wanted people thinking and working materially, scientifically, having a perception of the world better than just money. It had some real neat idea. Wild & absurd? Yes that too. But I don't enjoy the casual drive by shoot down!
- irthomasthomas 3mo agoWeird, I didn't think I was throwing technocracy under the bus. What makes you say that?
- hagbard_c 3mo agoFor some people any association with people like Musk explicitly discredits whatever they're being associated with. It is part of what has become known as a 'derangement syndrome', in this case that'd be Musk Derangement Syndrome - if Musk is involved is has to be bad, full stop.