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Madam Stakeholder's avatar

TYPO, I think, Mr. Max:

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This switch from DTNS to RTGS, from something plan-like to something market-esque, illustrates the knowledge problem’s failure to meaningfully the technocratic exercise of power as I schematised it above.

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Either a verb is missing after "to" -- or something else is the problem.

P.S. I found this piece interesting, but (as is your style/approach/personality) too understated/reticent. You might want to consider being more direct, forthright, bold to offer conclusions, remedies/alternatives, and/or your opinions/ideas. Perhaps--to round things out--you could do this by using a different, commonly-familiar, and/or simpler technocratic circumstance to illustrate (brief, practical application--way to look at/analyze--that is more tangible to average Joe and his real-life experience as a technocracy victim).

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Max Lacour's avatar

Fixed! Thank you for noticing 👍.

I haven't often been called reticent before 😅, but I sort of take your point. I guess that in the context of this post, my honest answer is that I simply haven't yet worked out all of the implications of my/Riles' argument and don't yet know what remedies/alternatives I would defend. I've somewhat wantonly deployed the knowledge argument in the past and had taken its potency for granted, so this essay represents the beginning of an as-yet open-ended thought process.

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Madam Stakeholder's avatar

Makes sense/I understand, particularly your last sentence.

*If* you *can* think of an ordinary/specific/tangible technocratic circumstance that suggests/illustrates the dynamics you have outlined (and as per what I wrote so I don't have to repeat/restate it), it *could* advance you in your process. Maybe it's a commonly-experienced bureaucratic wall and/or dysfunction, maybe it's how governance/public health manifested in the scamdemic -- it would maybe be an anecdote/narrative/story. Then you could see how your ponderings play out and test in that "venue." If you can come up with this "example," it also could help you breakdown the parts/formulate the checklist/framework (which, btw, may not even involve or get to remedy/solution/alternative). All I know is that I figure things out sometimes by transferring the complex/abstract info to a different, more-defined situation.

Obviously, just my unsolicited 2 cents. Thanks for reading my comment and replying (and you're welcome re the typo). To reduce my anonymity a bit (and because I have no designs to be deceptive), I want to let you know that Bubblz is @mdmstakeholder. And I am wishing you well.

EDIT for an errant semi-colon.

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