Arizona State University claims to be the national leader in promoting Sustainable Development; in spite of Arizona's conservative reputation, it is saturated with U.N. policies and developing Fintech is only the latest manifesation.
As more journalists zero in on the concept of Technocracy, Technocrats and Scientific Dictatorship, articles like this are appearing to warn Americans of the dangers ahead. Jon Rappoport is one who 'gets it' and isn't afraid to call it like it is.
FCC Director Pai is the Technocrat caused a national outrage by dismantling 'Net Neutrality". Now he is overseeing the major overhaul of a mission-critical US communication system that processes over 6 billion calls and texts per day. The problem is that the programming contractor is not a US owned or operated company. If this system fails for any reason, American communications will be completely shut down.
Technocrat scientists intent on perfecting humanoid-style robots are now integrating emotional response and reaction into artificial intelligence. This may seem insignificant, but consider that humans are deceived by emotions more than by intellect.
Bahrain has already succumbed to Technocracy-style dictatorship where intolerance for any anti-establishment is evident. This is the same pattern seen in China, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, among others. Using social media data, it is now easy to identify and isolate 'offenders.'
Technocrats at Cambridge Analytica and Facebook will not volunteer any wrongdoing, but may be forced into litigation and regulation by government representatives who are appalled at their behavior. The trail of discovery has just started. As I have said many time, "Follow the data, follow the power." In this case the data involves tens of millions of records on American and British citizens.
Amazon has sparked robot wars with other retailers, and Walmart is raising to the challenge. The Technocrat mindset elevates efficiency and speed at the sacrifice of human ability. Of course, Walmart says no employees will lose their jobs over this, but everyone knows that is hogwash in the long run.
Sustainable Development, Green Economy, SDGs, New Urban Agenda, etc., are all predicated on the false assumption that population by 2040 will grow by 25%. There is not one shred of demographic evidence to support this premise. Without fear mongering like this or fake global warming claims, all of these programs would fall flat on their face.
Technocrats Bill Gates and Richard Branson are out of touch with reality. After they throw out the false assumptions to population explosion and food scarcity, they conclude that the future of nutrition is artificial meat. Of course, they both happen to be invested in lab-grown meat companies. When Gates concludes that 'There's no way to produce enough meat for 9 billion people', you have to wonder if he understands anything about the livestock industry.
MARS - Machine learning, Automation, Robotics, and Space exploration is Jeff Bezos brainchild to envision the 'Golden Age' and only a selected few are invited to attend. This is a gathering of global Technocrats, whose collective influence are far beyond observation and into causation. They can make things happen whether society wants it or not.