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Technocracy: Government by Scientific Think Tank | Plus: Sale/Fundraiser at my e-store!

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Zbigniew Brzezinski's 1970 book, Between Two Ages, is used as an example of exoteric technocratic thinking.

1. The Wisdom Tradition episode "Technocracy: Government by Scientific Think Tank | Plus: Sale/Fundraiser at my e-store!" connects technocracy, empire, and the international rules-based order. 2. The host, Alex Sackin, frames himself as the author of The Coming World Nation and references his Big Cartel store, website, and Substack. 3. The episode asks how science, technology, and governance are being organized around a hidden think-tank model. 4. He says technocracy requires a central scientific analysis center that processes data like a brain in the nervous system. 5. He contrasts nation-states that do not explicitly build science and technology into governance with a new form of government that would. 6. He argues that over the last 150 years, science and technology have become a "fundamental part of human life." 7. He says leadership quality matters more than the form of government, and he invokes Plato's idea that leaders should think like philosophers. 8. He describes a "philosophical renaissance" as the only solution for contemporary political and social problems. 9. He distinguishes an esoteric, hidden technocracy from the exoteric 1930s technocracy movement. 10. He links the exoteric side to the Great Reset, the World Economic Forum, and public-facing managerial science. 11. He names Zbigniew Brzezinski's 1970 book Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technotronic Era as a model of exoteric technocratic thinking. 12. He says Brzezinski and David Rockefeller founded the Trilateral Commission in 1973. 13. He places Patrick Wood, Ian Davis, and Whitney Webb among analysts focused on exoteric technocracy. 14. He says the technocratic superstate hides inside the U.S. national security state and keeps etheric energy secret. 15. He uses the hub-and-spoke model to explain how a central think tank can control specialized outer units while preserving secrecy. 16. He says the deep state, CIA, Federal Reserve, and other factions act through proxies, intermediaries, and front organizations. 17. The tone is argumentative and explanatory, with long-form monologue sections and repeated analogies to brains, nervous systems, and social organisms. 18. The format combines chapter commentary, geopolitical framing, book promotion, and a direct sale announcement for books, merch, donations, and Substack access. 19. People interested in technocracy, geopolitics, and intellectual history would likely follow this episode. 20. People wanting a short, neutral overview without speculative framework claims may skip it.

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