DocumentCode
1144940
Title
Slow Death of a Free Profession
Author
Ackerman, Adolph J.
Author_Institution
1250 Sherman Ave., Madison, Wisc. 53703
Issue
3
fYear
1971
fDate
5/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
418
Lastpage
428
Abstract
The Scientific Revolution of the twentieth century has been exploited and subverted in our country by the "political-scientific" complex. This complex has discarded our traditional system under which the planning and organizing of productive scientific ventures has been in the hands of responsible professional engineers whose first duty is to serve the best interests of the public. Instead, this complex originates and administers highly sophisticated sciencebased programs, whose open-ended deficit financing is rapidly undermining our American economic system. By this means America is gradually being committed to a system of centralized authority and to the eventual disappearance of human liberty and justice under law. This marks an historic turning point for the world and for all mankind. The scientific term for this process is "technocratic petrification of freedom" which ends in "scientific despotism."
Keywords
Books; Business; History; Humans; Organizing; Sleep; Space technology; Turning; US Government; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1971.310281
Filename
4103729
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