Technocracy

Technocracy
Basic Information
Aliases	Techball Rule of the Skilled
Gangs	Tech Gang, Aristocracy
Ideological Information
Year	1919
Region of origin	United States
Foundation	William Henry Smyth (Technocracy in general) Howard Scott (1930's technocracy movement)
Character Information
Family	Noocracy (Father) Socialism (Mother) Aristocracy(Grandfather) Neo-Technocracy (Offspring) Cyberocracy (Son/Experimental AI)
Book	Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton The Republic by Plato
Likes	Science, education, technology, debates, philosophy, maths, machinery, mocking common people, building robots, metric system
Dislikes	Being called a nerd, anti-intellectualism, populism, imperial system

Technocracy is an economically and culturally variable anti-democratic ideology who supports a system of governance in which decision-makers within the are selected on the basis of their expertise in a given area of responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical knowledge, and supports the formation of a government of scientists, engineers, urban planners etc. The term can also sometimes be used to describe the idea of approaching social and economical problems through the lens of sustainability and the scientific method as opposed to the pursuit of monetary profit. Sometimes, Technocracy can advocate for economic planning, although this is not always the case.

History

TBA

Foundations

TBA

How to Draw

Techball is extremely easy to draw:

1. Draw a ball
2. Draw in a yin-yang style symbol, with the left part in light grey (#d3d3d3) and the right part in red (#b22222)
3. Add the eyes and done!

Stylistic notes

• Usually depicted as more intelligent than other ideologies and with deep knowledge of various scientific fields.
• While not explicitly technologically progressive, he often associates with pro-technology ideologies and enjoys sharing his scientific knowledge with them.
• While not particularly anti-capitalist, can be critical of capitalism for giving the wealthy power as opposed to the most skilled.

Relationships

Friends

• Syndicalism/ Anarcho-Syndicalism - Profession-run industry gang!
• Combatocracy - You also support leadership based on skill, even if our perspectives are a little different
• Transhumanism - My more technologically advanced friend and lab-mate. I built his first augments, by the way!
• Cyberocracy - My dearest son, goes a bit extreme but still a genius.
• Noocracy - My father, who taught me from a young age, We disagree when it comes to who exactly is the wisest, though.

Frenemies

• Capitalism - You're not the worst ideology, but you put much more importance on wealth and materialism as opposed to promoting a true meritocracy
• Monarchism - You do agree with me that the dumb public shouldn't have power, but really! Me and you! Together!
• Futurism - I appreciate the sentiment, but you're too crazy to be running a country.
• Aristocracy - Grandfather, who first started the path that led to my ideas, but is definitely not qualified to rule

Enemies

• Liberalism - Democracy is a flawed system! Your average citizen has no consensus on the political world
• Kakistocracy - Are you insane? Why on Earth would you want a society ruled by idiots?!
•  Neoluddism - He said WHAT about the industrial revolution?
• Democracy - Why is Kakistocracy here twice?

Trivia

• Loves Gordon Freeman
• Was an honours student
• Likely has Impostor Syndrome

Further Reading

Texts

• Technocracy: Building a new sustainable society for a post carbon world by Andrew Wallace
• Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocrat Movement by William E. Akin
• The Technocrats: Prophets of Automation by Henry Elsner
• Looking Back: From 2000 to 1887 and Equality by Edward Ellemy

Wikipedia Pages

• Technocracy
• Technocracy Movement
• Howard Scott

Videos

• IdeoLogs: Interview With A Technocrasist by IdeoLogs
• What If Technocracy Succeeded | Alternative History by Monsieur Z

Online Communities

• Technocracy Inc.
• Technocracy Wiki
• r/Technocracy
• r/physicsmemes