It is stated that the first real technocracy had begun during the eighteenth century, in England. Ever since James Watts invented the steam engine in 1765 mechanization has not taken a break, it just keeps getting even more advanced than before. A technocracy is most easily defined as a society where technology is crucial and fairly little culture or religion or beliefs exist, primarily technology rules. For them an "unseen hand will eliminated the incompentent and reward those who produce cheaply and well the goods that people want"(postman 2). A Technopoly is fairly different from a technocracy instead of partially ruling in technology, technology dominates much like a "totalitarian technocracy"(postman 10).
Fredrick Wilson Taylor fits in much into this article because he could be very well known as the father of the efficiency and had a lot to do wit the progressive era. He sought to find industrial efficiency and how to make it a reality.
I found this article very helpful in better understanding Brave New World, as I do all the excerpts we read. It gives me mOre insight on how technology could be a positive or negative thing, on whether or not it is necessary or useless, and how to understand why characters do the things they do.
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