Not a single mention of the Technocracy movement[1]: get the frak out. This one huge ass pro-*coin energy burning horseshit caltrop poison shit article, with zero respect, historical placement, or conceptualization. What a fucking shitshow of an article. Shame on this crap.<p>AND ALSO: technocracy now! "Technocracy Now!" (Chromium & Vermillion!)<p>One of the random core ideas of technocracy, amid others, was to make energy a primary currency. Far more than imperial vs metric, I think this would be an ultra-interesting way to re-perspectivize society to have a more real appreciation & comprehension of what underpins the world. Those bricks? 17.4 kWh each. Those wood timers? 23.1 kWh each? (numbers made up.) That taxi ride? 7.4 kWh. The idea of energy as a currency is interesting, & to me, there's a very interesting allure to universalize the idea of value with a cost of production, which is, ultimately, also 100% capturable/representable in terms of energy.<p>Worth pointing out, Howard Scott, a key figure in Technocracy Movement, and a key instigator of the "energy theory of value" was himself some what a dubious character, & the short collapse of the "movement" seems related to incredulity around him. None the less- particulars aside- I miss & think there's a lot of this re-perspectiving that I think our current, well set modernity lacks, that could deeply enrich our views of the world. Energy value of the world is a neat perspective. Trying to enable the technocrats, especially under a de-politicized banner- is also I think a very powerful possibility.<p>I guess I shouldn't be so offended. This article purports to be a full decade before the Technocracy Movement. Ford seems to have captured "energy theory of value" well before this dubious Howard Scott character. So thanks for raising this. I was unaware. I think there's a lot of not-remembered perspectives on the world that we ought try to look at, attend to. Forgive me for not being super enthused to the original-industrialist nor one of the most capital energy-wasters of modernity as core reference points for these conceptualizations. Personally I don't find bitcoin nor many other of the prevailing factors to be a strong agent of the central ideas of technocracy now, of energy theory of value. To quote part of their 1938 writings,<p>"There will be no place for Politics or Politicians, Finance or Financiers, Rackets or Racketeers."<p>Unlikely. But an interesting trend-ing to monitor, consider, & shape our perspectives, actions, & belief towards.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement</a>