Monday, May 11, 2009

Technocracy

Something like this:

What jumps out from the book is Sunstein's mistrust of human judgment in everything from politics to business, especially when people band together.

always leads to something like this:

Part of the answer is putting people with humility, curiosity, and openness in power.

and it kills me -- or somebody else -- every time.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, and our mode of transportation is the turnip truck.

fledermaus said...

George Carlin said it best: "If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain't going to do any good; you're just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here... like, the public. "