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I think *technology* can be used for good or ill.

Technocracy is nothing but ill.

At best Technocracy is "modulated democracy" as described by Julie Cohen, in other words no democracy.

"Modulation and modulated democracy are emerging as networked surveillance technologies take root within democratic societies characterized by advanced systems of informational capitalism. Citizens within modulated democracies — citizens who are subject to pervasively distributed surveillance and modulation by powerful commercial and political interests — increasingly will lack the ability to form and pursue meaningful agendas for human flourishing."

-- https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vol126_cohen.pdf

At worst Technocracy is fascism on steroids.

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"Many technocrats view themselves as saviors and authorized themselves to fix the myriad problems humanity faces. Believing they are possessors of the “one workable answer,” they’re attempting to fashion a world unaffected by the capriciousness of the human condition. They despise spontaneity and unexpected outcomes, instead preferring a scientific, fact-based worldview that reduces inconsistencies and variables that occur with current governance models. Their solutions depend on the expanded and efficient use of snake oil digital technology and data and the overt or implicit consent of the people."

https://truthunmuted.org/technocracy-ascending-part-2-trust-me-im-a-technocrat/

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