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The scientific management of society has a checkered history.
by thras 17y ago
The scientific management of society has a checkered history.
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- onewland 17y agoBut citing your own blog article, the current management of society is doing a terrible job. What is your suggested approach, throwing darts at Post-It notes?
- caffeine 17y agoBy definition, if it's not working and you keep doing it, then what you're doing is not scientific management. Management by people claiming to manage scientifically, and management by scientists (not just of society, but anything) both certainly do have checkered histories, though, yes. The real barrier to science-based government is really the choice of objectives (i.e. what to optimize - GDP is OK but there has to be something better). Thankfully, the scientific method has proven itself quite adept at leaping into a domain where the important questions aren't even known. So maybe there's hope yet.