An interesting piece by Tim Watkins, in his blog “the consciousness of sheep” –
Technocracy exposed (consciousnessofsheep.co.uk)
– which concludes that –
“The battleground for the future will have to involve some serious consideration to how we might once again establish democratic oversight and control over “the experts” to prevent the kind of corporate welfare dependence that so many have become accustomed to abusing in recent decades. Do we need experts? Yes, of course. But do we want self-interested bodies of experts with acronyms saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong? Absolutely not.