Kicking A Dead Horse

As we drove down the busy street, we commented on some of the cars we saw.  I had told my husband that during my morning walks, I was trying to learn all the emblems of the different makes of automobiles.  As one car whizzed past, we both said we had not seen one by that name, nor did we know what make it was.  A couple of days later, he told me who the maker of the car was.  The very make and model we had discussed, had shown up on his Facebook page......and for those of you who understand, he is packing an Android phone.  Yes, I have the iphone, but I keep that sweet young thing named Siri turned off.

There is a form of government, that was given some very serious thought in this country during the 1930's, called technocracy.  A technocracy government is ran by a group of decision makers who have been self elected because of their technological knowledge.  This means, scientists, engineers, or whoever is considered an expert in their particular field, could be selected as part of the group.  These experts would not be elected by the people they wish to govern because the people are obviously not smart enough to do so.  

The young lady chatted to her handsome breakfast guest during their entire meal.  I was amazed at her ability to multi-task because she never put her phone down the entire time.  This isn't new and it does not seem to be going away anytime soon.  During the morning walks, especially when the dew is heavy on the car windows, I always step off the road when I hear an approaching vehicle.  The reason for this is simple.  If five cars pass me in the morning, leaving the complex, four of the five drivers are looking at their phones.  Getting ran over on my quest for fitness and longevity would constitute a true oxymoron in the reading of my obituary.

Getting people to accept the idea of technocracy can come about by giving them all the good examples of how technocracy can supersede common sense.   This has been done easily by putting the technology in the palm of their hand.  The next step would be to feed the people information.  It doesn't have to be informative info, just give them stuff to keep them entertained, or en-trained.  Make the people think that someone who is an expert in economics would be a much better leader than someone who wants to run for a seat in government because they believe they can make a difference.  Another step would be to listen.  Listen to what the people want and listen to what the people are doing.

We all know someone who is super smart.  We would consider them an expert, a genius and if we had a question about something, and we knew that person would know the answer, well then, we would ask them.  But, this does not mean that the person, who knows all the answers to something technological, like how the entire electrical grid of a city works, is the same person we want to leave the cat with while we are gone for the weekend.

The box in the house that will answer your questions, it listens even when you are not speaking directly to it.  The cell phone that you cling to with every waking breath, it listens and keeps tabs on where you are, day and night.  I keep kicking this dead horse down the road, maybe I should just get a live one and ride into the sunset. But, the sun sets in the west and there lies China.