Thanks for pointing out the assumptions. I was aware of them but thought that my statement was true despite them, and didn’t want to lengthen the post too much. In the future I will add assumptions like these as a footnote, so that people who disagree on the assumptions can think about how that should affect their views on the post as a whole.
I agree that the negative connotations of ‘technocracy’ is probably a good explanation of why proponents of expert-opinion based policy don’t use the word that often.
Thanks for pointing out the assumptions. I was aware of them but thought that my statement was true despite them, and didn’t want to lengthen the post too much. In the future I will add assumptions like these as a footnote, so that people who disagree on the assumptions can think about how that should affect their views on the post as a whole.
I agree that the negative connotations of ‘technocracy’ is probably a good explanation of why proponents of expert-opinion based policy don’t use the word that often.