Originally posted by
BeastOfBologna
Actually, the benefits of the pandemic on social consciousness have been significant. People without power have never been part of the formula for civil functioning, they are the part of the mechanism that has the monkey wrench in it. Those with power are fortunate in that they can contribute to removing social glitches or if so inclined exacerbate them. We have difficulty determining who does what and why they do it. That's a big reason why we remain a glitch. Reset, hell yes if it clears the system.
M. King Hubbert was a huge advocate of a technocracy. He felt that 'engineers' were the only intellects capable of successful 'social engineering'. He was brilliant, at heart a true humanitarian. :) Kind of like Karl Marx.
Systems as large as global or even national economies will fail their people at some level, which is why graceful degradation of the system is truly what is of paramount importance. We are human after all.
whoops! I always confuse Hubbert and Hubbard ... :o
Hubbert was born in San Saba, Texas. He attended the University of Chicago, where he received his B.S. in 1926, his M.S. in 1928, and his Ph.D. in 1937, studying geology, mathematics, and physics. He worked as an assistant geologist for the Amerada Petroleum Company for two years while pursuing his Ph.D., additionally teaching geophysics at Columbia University. He also served as a senior analyst at the Board of Economic Warfare. He joined the Shell Oil Company in 1943, retiring from that firm in 1964. After he retired from Shell, he became a senior research geophysicist for the United States Geological Survey until his retirement in 1976. He also held positions as a professor of geology and geophysics at Stanford University from 1963 to 1968 and as a professor at UC Berkeley from 1973 to 1976.
Hubbert was an avid technocrat. He co-founded Technocracy Incorporated with Howard Scott. Hubbert wrote a study course that was published without attribution called the Technocracy Study Course, which advocates a non-market economics form of energy accounting, in contrast to the current price system method. Hubbert was a member of the board of governors and served as secretary of education in that organization.
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