The world as we know it is becoming increasingly shaped by experts and technical opinion. While this is often done with good intentions (like making services faster, safer, or more efficient), it does have a catch: these decisions don’t always feel like “politics” anymore. This is the basis of a technocracy.
While the globe’s problems are being reduced to data that can theoretically be solved with technical expertise, the real people being affected by these changes might not feel so safe.
So, what is a technocracy? And is our world slowly moving towards one? Click on to find out.