The second quote you cite is very reminiscent of Kit Green's answer to Eric Davis, per the NIDS email thread.
“There is a belief by most people in high executive branch appointed positions that the average person isn't able to understand or handle the complexity...and would screw things up beyond belief. They, as long as they are in control..believe in a Singaporean government model of a Lee kwan yew meritocracy; government by the most educated and elite, and benevolent dictatorship...they believe what they read in plato, Thomas Paine, Machiavelli..and they do not believe what they read in Aristotle, Jefferson, or Roosevelt.”
Brilliant, and incredibly relevant. I wasn't familiar with Kit Green's correspondence with Eric Davis. Agreed the statement aligns very closely with Vannevar's take on things per Zachary. Also per Zachary in the same passage, Woodrow Wilson feared a 'rule by the experts'. Whether or not it comes through in the post's body, by-and-large I'm with Woodrow on this one.
The second quote you cite is very reminiscent of Kit Green's answer to Eric Davis, per the NIDS email thread.
“There is a belief by most people in high executive branch appointed positions that the average person isn't able to understand or handle the complexity...and would screw things up beyond belief. They, as long as they are in control..believe in a Singaporean government model of a Lee kwan yew meritocracy; government by the most educated and elite, and benevolent dictatorship...they believe what they read in plato, Thomas Paine, Machiavelli..and they do not believe what they read in Aristotle, Jefferson, or Roosevelt.”
Faces change but ideologies don't.
Brilliant, and incredibly relevant. I wasn't familiar with Kit Green's correspondence with Eric Davis. Agreed the statement aligns very closely with Vannevar's take on things per Zachary. Also per Zachary in the same passage, Woodrow Wilson feared a 'rule by the experts'. Whether or not it comes through in the post's body, by-and-large I'm with Woodrow on this one.