Gates & Friedman discussing numeracy and technocracy as a rational arbiter of politics

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Gates & Friedman discussing numeracy and technocracy as a rational arbiter of politics

Tracey P. Lauriault
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2012/03/01/opinion/100000001394405/on-technocratic-logic.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1

Not a deep idea, but one that sure could instill some sense into
political debates in the US.  And the ideals could help us out too!  I
am not a big advocate for technocratic utopias, but there is a place
for evidence based decision making.

It is also a nice little clip to support the work started on budget
plateau (http://budgetplateau.com/)

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805

"Every epoch dreams the one that follows it's the dream form of the
future, not its reality" it is the "wish image of the collective".

Walter Benjamin, between 1927-1940,
(http://www.columbia.edu/itc/architecture/ockman/pdfs/dossier_4/buck-morss.pdf)