Technocracy

Like all -cracies, a technocracy is a type of government. Decisions in technocracies are made by people with technical expertise. The idea is that they make decisions based on data and their expert knowledge, which (ideally) would mean they are less of an opinionated individual and more a conduit for truth-in-data.

A traditional democracy elects leaders more based on a belief set and interests rather than strictly on relevant technical skills and proven expertise in a given field. As our world gets more technically complicated, more people may start questioning our traditional democracy in favor of other options like a technocracy.

For instance, the whole Facebook shebang (issues with user privacy, how real and/or fake news is being algorithmically chosen to be shown to people, etc.) caused the Zuck to testify in front of Congress, yet it was painfully obvious many in Congress didn’t even understand the basics of how users use Facebook, or even how Facebook makes money. As one of the largest and impactful tech-businesses in the US (and maybe the world), it would help to have a law-making body that knew the technical ins and outs of something like Facebook to help them make informed policy decisions.