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I found it interesting how often the word technocrat came up in that article (5). I'm not sure what to read into it, but it is interesting.
by nvader 13y ago
I found it interesting how often the word technocrat came up in that article (5). I'm not sure what to read into it, but it is interesting.
- mikeash 13y agoThe word confuses me. I looked it up and it seems to basically mean a politician who actually knows about things outside of politics. Yet the word is almost exclusively used in a pejorative sense.
- hrkristian 13y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy A technocrat can technically (heh) be a full-time politician, but the idea -in a nutshell- is to limit a position of power to people with relevant education. Example, you'd require a medical degree to be a Minister of Health and Care Services.
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- BWStearns 13y agoIt's a term of art reserved for those who are domain experts on a given policy matter or subject who are granted control over that area. Chairman of the fed would be a good example. It doesn't have to do with technology so much as technique. Generally the more blatantly a role requires domain knowledge, the more likely it is to be given to a technocrat as opposed to left for political debate.