Re: do we need a master game manager?

["Jay Hanson" <j@qmail.com>]

>American democracy ("rule by the common people") has only existed in
>the minds of those who haven't looked.  The difference I propose is:
>
>-- (1) new master conductors: scientists instead of merchants.
>--
>--  (2) new set of norms based on reverence for human life instead of
>for money.

Perhaps we need to emulate the Chinese system.  (keywords: scientists,
the economy is self-destructive)

----------------------------------
Scientist Says Chinese Development Different from Western Countries


Xinhua
12-JAN-99

BEIJING (Jan. 12) XINHUA - Zhou Guangzhou, the vice-chairman of the
Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC), said
today that China needs a new development road and models that are
different from Western countries' for its sustainable development.

Zhou told the annual meeting of the China Association of Science and
Technology that China's large population and shortage of natural
resources mean that it needs a new mode of production and a new style
of economizing on resources that is environmentally friendly and uses
latest research findings.

Zhou, also president of the association, said that the serious
flooding last summer revealed the problems in China's economic
development like the destruction of forests. Scientists need to advise
the government and spread knowledge among leading officials to promote
the coordinated development of the economy, society and the
environment.

The China Association of Science and Technology has 4.3 million
members. Its annual meeting provides a forum for scientists to discuss
their major goals.


Jay