Technocracy: Yes/No?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by St Leo


Rule by math majors then?

Mathematicians are a dangerous group of people, in my eyes.

[:) Smiley]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
now that i think about it, government will never change, no matter what stipulations we put on it.

so all i will settle for is this: those who do not understand technology should be prohibited from making decisions that affect it.

Applying this, the more complex technology gets, the more effort people will need to go through to understand it. Since humans have limited mental capacity, this means over time politicians would be a greater % engineer and a lesser % lawyer.

I don't buy the whole "past precedent" idea, automation of traditionally human services is unprecedented, and when full artificial intelligence comes along it'll be a whole new situation.