“The unspoken consensus between the two elites was to leave things largely as they were, not because the new political elite feared a backlash if it sought to change them, but because it wanted to leave them intact” (Friedman, 2021, p. xii)

“Instead of insisting on that the economic and social habits of the minority were wasteful and a bar to progress, the new governing elite insisted that the minority’s lifestyle should be available to all” 🔥🔥🔥

So clearly articulated by Steven Friedman - Prisoners of the Past - p. xi

Thanks for the tip, I’ll definitely get my hands on it…

What a way to admit that if your science had to account to a human community, with ethical systems and complex notions of beauty and truth, it would be unworkable. A science for ghouls and robots.