Technocrats are rapidly filling up outer space with spy satellites and weaponry. Russia collaborated with UK scientists to develop much of this technology. Basically, everybody is spying on everybody else and the space race is on.
The World Economic Forum, running scared from rising populism and nationalism around the world, sponsored their own survey that have them what they wanted to hear: that the world really does favor globalism, immigration and even global warming.
Technocrats at Google lied about how they personally manipulate search results and then tried to cover it up. Now, they are busted in the act. Furthermore, Google CEO Pinchai may have lied to Congress when under oath.
This article is correct to state: "But if human rights concerns aren’t enough to move U.S. policymakers, there’s another reason to act: Exporting surveillance equipment enables digital authoritarianism and hurts U.S. national interests." However, TN readers know that Technocrats don't care about U.S. national interests!
Unchecked surveillance-for-profit is upon us, but is driven as much by Technocracy as by Capitalism itself. Technocrats are data-hoarders who can never get enough data nor exhaust their drive for analysis of collected data.
Failed and abandoned experiments aside, Universal Basic Income continues to be promoted by Technocrats around the world. India's smallest state, Sikkim, is launching the largest trial ever with 610,577 citizens getting "free" money.
Business Insider writer get's it right: "President Xi Jinping's vision of a China led by the Communist Party that he chairs is a global technocracy". There is no other option or description of China that fits so well. Xi is exporting China's Technocracy to the whole world.
Unlike Americans, Europeans are not reticent to openly discuss Technocrats and Technocracy in light of their current struggles. France's Technocrats are learning a hard lesson about what happens with over-manipulated citizens.
Although this is a lower court, it sets a precedent for privacy that is urgently overdue now that fingerprint and facial scanning are commonly used unlock tools on smart phones. Police will now have to secure warrants before searching a suspects phone.
War-minded Technocrats within DARPA have one answer for wiping out the enemy: autonomous machines. When DARPA first released Sea-Hunter, there were pledges that it was only for surveillance and not killing. The flip-flop was easily foreseen.