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• NYC Swan Dives Into Green New Deal With ‘Climate Mobilization Act’

  27-04-2019 18:33 via technocracy.news
  With an overwhelming majority vote (45-2) , the NYC City Council drank the United Nations’ Sustainable Development cool aid and committed its 8.6 million residents to the Green New Deal. ⁃ TN EditorThe New York City Council passed wide-ranging legislation to fight climate change known as the “Climate Mobilization Act,” a package of seven bills that supporters said would help build a “Green New Deal for New York City.” The legislation passed Thursday
  
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• As A Nation, Silicon Valley Would Be Run As An AI Technocracy

  27-04-2019 18:08 via technocracy.news
  Since nobody would have time to run a nation in Silicon Valley, the logical solution for local Technocrats would be to create an app that would run everything for them. Indeed, an AI Technocracy would be their chosen outcome. ⁃ TN EditorIf Silicon Valley was its own country, its per-person GDP would make it the second richest in the world, just behind oil-producing Qatar.
  The Republic of Silicon Valley — more specifically the San Jose metropolitan area, which includes Palo Alto,
  
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• Andrew Yang: Presidential Candidate Promises ‘Enlightened Technocracy’

  27-04-2019 17:38 via technocracy.news
  Yang is a mix of Libertarian and Democrat who is appealing to both camps. An ‘enlightened technocracy’ is comparable to Dr. Parag Khanna’s ‘direct technocracy’ as proposed in Technocracy in America (2015). Yang promotes Universal Basic Income, Smart Meters, Medicare for all, carbon fees and legalization of drugs. ⁃ TN EditorAndrew Yang, a 44-year-old affable technocrat, is leading a rather whimsical presidential run, fused with a litany of policy pro
  
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