Philosophically, Technocracy found it roots in the scientific autocracy of Henri de Saint-Simon (1760-1825) and in the positivism of Auguste Comte (1798- 1857), the father of the social sciences. Positivism elevated science and the scientific method above metaphysical revelation. Technocrats embraced positivism because they believed that social progress was possible only through science and technology. [Schunk, Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective, 5th, 315]

Technocracy postulated that only scientists and engineers were capable of running a complex, technology-based society. Because technology, they reasoned, changed the social nature of societies, previous methods of government and economy were made obsolete. They disdained politicians and bureaucrats, who they viewed as incompetent. By utilizing the scientific method and scientific management techniques, Technocrats hoped to squeeze the massive inefficiencies out of running a society, thereby providing more benefits for all members of society while consuming less resources. - Patrick Wood, Editor August Review January 26, 2010

Idaho Public Utilities - Davis-Menthe Complaint Against Smart Meters

The attached pdf is the formal complaint filed by Idaho residents Vicky Davis and Bonnie Menthe against Idaho Power, as presented to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, objecting the forced installation of a smart meter. Both women are asking for an analog meter to installed on their homes, plus Vicky Davis is asking for a formal “opt out” option. The IPUC is meeting Tuesday, January 17, 2012 to hear the case and make a ruling.

The Shifting Lines – Smart Meter an Offer You Can't Refuse – Vicky Davis

On the morning of December 13, 2011, an Idaho Power Customer Service Representative, an installer and a Twin Falls County Deputy Sheriff arrived at my home to install a Landis+Gyr Smart Meter.

We're here to install a new meter by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission: Rule D Item 1 and Rule C Item 7

Perceptions About Privacy on the Smart Grid

Overall, consumers are equally split about the affect the smart grid will have on the privacy of their energy consumption records. Thirty-nine percent of respondents believe the smart grid will diminish their privacy. Twenty-four percent of respondents are unsure as to the impact and 37 believe it will not impact or improve their privacy. Of particular note is that as professed knowledge about the smart grid increases, so too does the concern regarding privacy. There is a noticeable shift from the “no impact on privacy” to the “diminishes privacy” category.

The Success and Failure of Electronic Governance The Case of Estonia

The OECD definition of e-government is as follows: it is “the use of information and communication technologies, and particularly the Internet, as a tool to achieve better government.”2

Rebuilding the necessary organisation and institutions after Estonia regained its independence gave a big boost to setting up the information society and providing Estonia with a competitive advantage in Europe. The ability of the state and its organisation to react quickly and adequately to the changes in the society is of utmost importance for independent Estonia. Due to outstanding IT specialists, Estonia is today known all over the world as an innovative state with a dynamically Developed information society.

The present article focuses on the development and current situation of ITC in Estonia, and on whether e-government has been successful or not, and looks at the options Estonia as a small country has in the globalising information society in terms of strategic choices.

Smart Grid: Implementation of Technocracy?

Appenzell Switzerland A Daily Compendium of Free - Market Thought 

In fact, the mind-blowing report that the Review is presenting today on its website (for the first time anywhere) sounds credible to us, understanding as we think we do, the memes of the power elite and the reason for their promotion. Click here to read Carbon Currency: A New Beginning for Technocracy?

As a final aside, we are gratified that in this white paper, the August Review also deals with the fraud of peak oil. We are entirely unsurprised that Technocrat M. King Hubbert and his economically illiterate energy concepts manage to slither into the middle of the story that the August Review has to tell. The idea that the market itself would not (and somehow could not) respond to peak oil with new stores of energy is yet another power elite promotion. (Meme: Only government authorities, including the UN, can properly plan energy replacements!)

Conclusion: The August Review's presentation of the apparent planning and purpose behind the carbon scam is yet a further proof of the power of the Internet in our opinion. Between the emails revealing the conspiracy and the more recent revelations of phony research and false numbers (and the Review's seemingly accurate revelations as to where all this is really headed) we think the global warming meme is under extreme duress. Sure, it may stagger along - that's one of the hallmarks of a power elite promotion (it won't die no matter how many holes are shot into it) - but it's very hard to promote a theme or meme that has been discredited. And boy is it being discredited.