Jeff Bezos, the consummate Technocrat and head of Amazon, is gobbling up the swamp while President Trump seems to welcome the intrusion. Yesterday, as Trump signed the gargantuan $717 billion defense bill, compare Bezos' $10 billion contract to the $7.6 billion line item that pays for 77 of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighters!
If a policeman asks to unlock your cellphone, the author concludes "In China, it's not wise to refuse." The only natural outcome of a Technocracy is Scientific Dictatorship where every conceivable detail of your life is examined under a microscope for compliance.
This is a good view of the history and current state of development of autonomous vehicles. Current technology is still inadequate for wide-spread use but the implementation of ultra high-speed 5G communications will change all that. 5G promises instant communication between car and remote AI computers that can control everything in real time.
Google chose Toronto as a model test site for their vision of a 'Smart City." However, Canadian activist Bianca Wylie has Google's number: "We need to change our laws to reject surveillance capitalism as a social norm.” People are rallying to Wylie's reasoning, and they are forcing exposure, transparency and accountability, which is something Google was trying to avoid altogether.
Caution on Technocracy sometimes comes from the oddest places. In this instance, from the Chair of the Systemic Risk Council and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University. He concludes, "Even if, as I believe, technocrats need to retreat somewhat, the larger recommendation is that elected legislators need to step up."
Because Dubai is an autocratic dictatorship, it is possible to implement Technocracy without any consultation with or consideration of the residents. Thus, the highest-tech equipment available is being rapidly implemented to create a tight-knit police state. Almost all of the technology is of western origin and will certainly make its way back to America.
In a major legal victory for attorney Robert F. Kennedy, a jury found that Monsanto acted with 'malice and oppression' and 'reckless disregard for human life.' Monsanto's herbicide, Roundup, has literally polluted the entire planet in order for them to market their GMO seeds that are Roundup Resistant. In defiance, Monsanto continued to hide behind its 'scientific studies' that claim Roundup (glyphosate) does not cause cancer. Technocrats have no problem ignoring any evidence contrary to their preconceived vision of reality.
Amazon will turn employees into vessels of autonomous guidance if its latest patent is implemented. Micro-management and direction of the smallest actions promise to dehumanize employees and strip any vestige of privacy. Unfortunately, employees are in no position to fight Amazon.
Eric Schmidt runs Alphabet, Inc, which is Google's parent company. Schmidt is a member of the elite Trilateral Commission that has groomed China since 1976 to be a Technocracy that will dominate the world. Thus, we can expect Google's involvement in China to be deeply transformational - and, in fact, it is!
There is a proliferation of startup companies with new visions of advanced GMO technology to modify the human food supply. Technocrats believe that every problem facing man requires a scientific solution. Where there is no obvious problem, one will be created and then solved. In this case, the long-term effect of modifying the food chain is totally unknowable.