Description
The origins of technocracy are shrouded in controversy, but most of its leaders were inspired by their association with the social critic Thorstein Veblen, between 1919 and 1921.
Harold Loeb, an expatriate in Paris in the 1920s, was one of the more accomplished and interesting of the technocrats. In Life in a Technocracy, now a twentieth-century utopian classic, he expounds on the merits of creating a utopian society through technocracy, predicting the future of art, education, religion, and government under the leadership of technical professionals.
About the Author
Harold Loeb was the author of several books on technocracy. He died in 1979.
Howard P. Segal is professor of history and director of the Technology and Society Project at the University of Maine. He is the author of Future Imperfect: The Mixed Blessings of Technology in America.
June 1996