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The technocrats represented a moral principle, however nonideological they wished to appear. That moral principle was the imperative toward efficiency in governance and all other spheres. It was therefore the expertise not of the plumber that was praised but of the manager, the professional, and the intellectual whose expertise was certified by the
... See moreGeorge Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
the technocrats will insulate themselves from the social and political upheaval by enclosing themselves in a sense of moral excellence complementing their technical excellence. The “outsiders” will live in a sense of desperation and anger and will also experience the shift in marriage and family but as a social crisis.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
EVER-SMARTER COMPUTERS: FRIEND OR FOE?
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Zuckerman’s 2013 book, Rewire.
Ian Leslie • Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
The entanglement of various agencies with each other is compounded by a massive entanglement with society. The barrier having been broken, there are few areas of private life in which the federal government is not in some way involved.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
But categorizing people by their politics is another way that our stereotypes of people are much more rigid and extreme than the actual people themselves.
Keith Payne • The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Changes the Way We Think, Live and Die
The Power Law of Distribution