Technocracy Inc.

Official
They have at least 3 completely different web sites:
 * Version 1: technocracy.org, technocracyinc.org
 * "The Official Web Site of Technocracy, Incorporated"
 * "Technocracy’s two official web sites are: technocracyinc.org and technocracyvan.ca"
 * no apparent CMS, static HTML
 * white background, yin-yang logo at top center
 * Archives
 * The Energy Certificate
 * Version 2: technocracy.ca
 * postnuke content management; "technocracy.ca" logo in upper left
 * perhaps this is meant to be local to Canada, but this isn't made clear
 * What is Technocracy? "The Beginner's Guide to Technocracy"
 * Vancouver, Canada
 * "Site and CMS by domain7"

Woozle's quick & tentative evaluation
First, I'm having trouble finding a good explanation of what technocracy is – rather than what ideas it's based on, what it's supposed to accomplish, what it isn't, etc. Second... little things. Like in the history: "Technocracy was developed in response to research conducted by a group called the Technical Alliance. Their job was to..." Who was this Technical Alliance? Where were they based? Who funded them? Do they still exist? Is there any connection with this web site? Why no link? There's a lot of stuff which presses a lot of positive buttons for me (e.g. basing things on science, optimistic stuff, technology, looking to the future) and probably for a lot of geeks in general, but "where's the beef?" When it gets to specifics, they get fuzzy and move on to something else. ...Or maybe I just haven't found the right page. This leads me to worry that they are basically getting people to shovel money at them for having nice-sounding ideas, because people have learned that shoveling money at organizations is the only way to effect social change... rather than evaluating plans, suggesting changes, and helping to implement them. Which is something people don't know how to do anymore, if they ever did. (To overgeneralize a bit.) (Update) Apparently Technocracy Inc. is the same bunch as the Technical Alliance, dissolved and re-formed with a modified mission. Okay. And apparently the details of this wonderful plan are all available in "the Technocracy Study Course" -- underlined in blue, but not a link. Why they can't present this information online isn't clear. Where the Study Course is also isn't clear... but I think I'm supposed to say to myself "Hey, I want to join that group!" and send them money. Maybe they send me the course then. Or maybe they offer it to me at a "Special Member Discount" of only $120. Who knows? I could be wrong about this site... if I'm right about it, they're pissing me off -- because they're trying to literally sell an idea which they don't give you enough information to evaluate, while I'm having trouble getting people to even evaluate the ideas I've proposed (most notably InstaGov) for dealing with the same problem – which I give away for free and go to great pains to invite comment and criticism. Also, if they've basically been working on this since 1913, I think they're overdue to show some progress. --Woozle 12:43, 20 March 2009 (UTC)