Why optimize for efficiency though? Why not human flourishing or planetary health, whichever way you wish to define that?
replyEfficiency sounds to me like an absolutely awful way to run any society as it's what turns individuals into disposable cogs of a machine that needs to be operated smoothly because, well, no obvious reason other than a fetish to see the machine run smoothly, no matter the human cost.
Technocracy, and the doctrine of materialism, sees humans as machines.
replyOr perhaps not even that. We're just fuel for the machines.
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replyHaving met the people that run engineering firms, I’m not sure I want them anywhere near my government either. I’ll take my politicians inept over ruthlessly efficient, any day
replyYou don't want the people that run the engineering firms, no. You might want some of the people that work there.
replyI dunno, Common Sense puts forth the idea that government exists to occupy the space where men are evil. It grows and shrinks accordingly. A larger role for government implies more evil, not less.
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