Due to the proliferation of knowledge in the modern world, it is not possible for ordinary citizens to understand all technical matters necessary to make informed decisions; therefore technocracy in the form of delegation to experts is a live option, but the problem is how to find a normative basis for it.

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it's not possible for any of us to know all the things we have to know to make an informed decision...positivism in the form of technocracy is at least a live option...the problem is how they will find a normative basis for that

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Comte and the Origins of SociologyMichael Sugrue
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:39:37 AM

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