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WORK – What is the incentive to work?
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WORK – What is the incentive to work? by George Wright A question that comes up often when I speak of Technocracy is: “If everyone is guaranteed all their needs, what is the “incentive” for people to work? The word incentive is key here. In a Technocracy, we will learn as young people to use […]
Does Technocracy Have A Place In This World?
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DOES TECHNOCRACY HAVE A PLACE IN THE CURRENT WORLD? First, a rebuttal regarding the Fearmongers is in order. There appear to be many people who are afraid of Technocracy’s ideas. Most of those who are writing negative posts about Technocracy have not done their research. Mired in the Technocracy of the 1930’s, they have not […]
Share the Ride – Save the Planet…
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SHARE THE RIDE – SAVE THE PLANET; Taking the off ramp from the fast track to oblivion By Steve Doll Image1 While ride-sharing may make sense as far as reducing carbon emissions, there is a reason just as compelling for re-examining our love affair with the private, single-driver automobile: saving us from ourselves. According to […]
Aren’t All First World Countries Globalists?
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AREN’T ALL FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES GLOBALISTS? Can we live as Nationalists when the world is so small? Does globalism wreck countries? Trading between countries is an absolute necessity for any First World nation. We import resources from countries around the globe to make the goods we need in today’s world – or more and more, […]
Initiative Q
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INITIATIVE Q What in the world is Initiative Q? It is a new form of commerce, a digital currency. Why does this interest Technocracy? Because, even though it is still a currency, it is a beginning toward a new form of exchange that does not depend on a valuation of what the media has successfully […]
Starving to Death in a Supermarket
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STARVING TO DEATH IN A SUPERMARKET (an example of ‘in-equitability) By George Wright Let’s say we meet a homeless person – no, a homeless family. And let’s say they move about town trying to find anything to help them get through the day. They are living in a car, but it malfunctioned long ago and […]
Vongehr’s book Protestors United
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Edmond Vongehr is an old time Technocracy Member and has written a book. This book has a lot of research into what is going on with society, how the problems are being created and he provides ideas for solutions. Original Book Source Page with with video clip Protestors United – through B&N
2 Birds – One Stone – Great Concept
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Carbon dioxide “eating” energy producing lithium batteries. Image from Analox webpage David L. Chandler | MIT News Office September 21, 2018 A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialized chemicals using metal catalysts, […]
A Technocracy Could Help That Problem
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A “Poem” credited to Jeff Foxworthy on the internet, slightly truncated and edited for this post. If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, — you might live in a nation (state) that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. A Technocracy could help that problem. If your government believes that […]
Technocracy in a Nutshell
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Many people want an ‘elevator speech’ version of what Technocracy is all about. You have the fear mongers saying one thing, you have misinformed people saying another and it can get confusing. Technocracy is a many layered idea and can take a long time to explain fully, but…. here is the kernel. Technocracy is an organization that was started in 1918 […]
What is a Smart City?
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smart city Posted by: Margaret Rouse A smart city is a municipality that uses information and communication technologies to increase operational efficiency, share information with the public and improve both the quality of government services and citizen welfare. While the exact definition varies depending on whom you talk to, the overarching mission of a smart city is to […]
Are Drones and AI the way to go?
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World Economic Forum’s Navi Mumbai centre to focus on AI, IoT, other new tech PTI Jun 01, 2018, 07.58 PM IST MUMBAI: The World Economic Forum today said it is setting up a multi-million dollar centre near here to help the larger society benefit from industrial revolution 4.0 technologies including IoT, blockchain, AI among others. This is […]
What does Technocracy have to offer?
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The organization of Technocracy Inc. was established as an effort to educate how best we can start to adapt to these new conditions. Our genesis, the Technical Alliance, after years of research and analysis, brought forth five basic methods that would be required to advance our society to benefit all a life worth living, not just those […]
A Different Standard for the Economy
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Creating an up-to-date economic standard By Technocracy Writer Preface: I am not a scientist, I am not an economist, but, I am a systems thinker and see how the current economic system is not working in an efficient and sustainable manner. Like-minded people have gotten together and are now working on new thoughts about a […]
Is Technocracy a Dead Idea?
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Technocracy’s 1940-1970s Heyday is over, BUT we are definitely alive and well and interest is very high in the ideas that will take us away from the erratic and volatile Price System idea of scarcity is needed to run the world. We have enough to provide for everyone, the fear mongering about scarcity of food, water, […]
What would we do without jobs? Laze about, or create our dreams?
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As our production/distribution jobs continue to be replaced by automation/AI or out-sourced to sweat shops in China, etc… What incentive will there be for any of us to do anything? Hmm, good question, right? What if everyone stopped working for the abstract concept of money, would everyone just lose all sense of purpose? Imagine if […]
Information Overload?
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Is there too much information coming your way? Would you like to ascertain the validity and or basis of the information. We have gathered information about news sources world-wide. I think you might find your favorite news source on these lists. Neutral Media List; Left Leaning Media List; Right Leaning Media List Information from Media Bias Fact Check
Diamond Batteries
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Radioactive Diamond Batteries: Making Good Use Of Nuclear Waste See Video about these Diamond Batteries James Conca , CONTRIBUTOR – I write about nuclear, energy and the environment A research team at the University of Bristol has developed a way to use a type of nuclear waste to generate electricity in a nuclear-powered battery that is an actual diamond. […]
Some Emerging Technologies of 2017
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A diverse range of breakthrough technologies, including “artificial leaves” that turn CO2 into fuel, and a technique that harvests water from air, could soon be playing a role in tackling the world’s most pressing challenges, according to a list published today by the World Economic Forum. The technologies were selected by the World Economic Forum’s Expert […]