The document provides a history of technocracy, which proposes rule by technical experts and engineers rather than politicians. It outlines early proponents in the 17th-18th centuries like Francis Bacon and Saint-Simon, who advocated for competent administrators over those from a particular political party. It then focuses on the rise of technocracy in North America in the early 20th century with publications by Taylor, Gantt, Veblen, and the formation of groups like the Technical Alliance and later the Committee on Technocracy led by Howard Scott.
The document provides a history of technocracy, which proposes rule by technical experts and engineers rather than politicians. It outlines early proponents in the 17th-18th centuries like Francis Bacon and Saint-Simon, who advocated for competent administrators over those from a particular political party. It then focuses on the rise of technocracy in North America in the early 20th century with publications by Taylor, Gantt, Veblen, and the formation of groups like the Technical Alliance and later the Committee on Technocracy led by Howard Scott.
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The document provides a history of technocracy, which proposes rule by technical experts and engineers rather than politicians. It outlines early proponents in the 17th-18th centuries like Francis Bacon and Saint-Simon, who advocated for competent administrators over those from a particular political party. It then focuses on the rise of technocracy in North America in the early 20th century with publications by Taylor, Gantt, Veblen, and the formation of groups like the Technical Alliance and later the Committee on Technocracy led by Howard Scott.
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Saint-Simon, Du Systeme Industriel, France, 1802 `Industrial ability must replace feudal and military power; it is more important that administrators be competent than that they belong to a particular political party.
1899: Bellamy publishes `Looking Backward, a look ahead to the distant future (2000 AD) 1911: Taylor publishes `Principles of Scientific Management. 1916: Gantt organises fifty engineers into `The New Machine.
Technocracy in North America
1917: The US enters World War I 1921: Thorsten Veblen publishes `The Engineers and the Price System. Hoover publishes the results of the Committee on the Elimination of Waste.
Technocracy in North America: 1919-1934
1919: Howard Scott, a disciple of Veblen, forms the Technical Alliance. The Alliance includes Charles Steinmetz, chief engineer of GE; Richard Tolman, later Dean of Physics at CalTech; and Veblen himself. 1921: The Alliance breaks up among accusations that Scott has mismanaged its funds. 1929: The Great Crash, followed by the Depression. 1931: Scott and Rautenstrauch form the Committee on technocracy.
Official and unofficial Technocratic publications from the 1930s
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