Technocrats believed that politicians and businessmen could not coordinate a complex, rapidly advancing industrial society. The technocrats proposed replacing politicians with scientists and engineers who had the technical expertise to coordinate the economy. The technocratic philosophy assumed that energy was the critical factor determining economic and social development. The technocrats measured social change in physical terms: the average number of kilocalories used per capita per day. Money would be replaced by energy certificates, the total supply of which would be determined by the total amount of energy used in the production of goods and services.^[6] The coming of the Great Depression created an opening for some of these radical ideas of social engineering.^[7][8] By late 1932, various groups across the United States were calling themselves "technocrats" and proposing reforms.^[9]

However, by the mid-1930s, interest in the technocracy movement was declining. Most historians have attributed the loss of popularity of the technocracy movement to the rise of Roosevelt's New Deal,^[8] a more democratic method of accomplishing the planning and economic reconstruction that the technocrats had called for. According to author Beverly Burris, the Technocracy movement was interpreted as being non-democratic and controversial, and that may also have led to it losing mainstream appeal.^[10][11] Other sources have similarly reviewed the rise and decline of the technocracy movement in the 1930s.^[12][13]

Fed up with the Republican, Democratic and Tea parties? Well, 80 years ago the political landscape was full of splinter parties offering innovative solutions to the nation's troubles -- some of them quite good, some horrifying. Here's one movement that people were buzzing about back in 1932. Technocracy even got a mention in an Our Gang comedy.

A laser-toting hero on a flying boogie board fights pyramid-dwelling vampires in damnation vans, and their army of mummies. That's a pretty solid Encounter Critical adventure right there.

Wu-Tang Management Office Intern (Staten Island, NY)

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Wu-Tang Management Internship

About the Company

Wu-Tang Management is a multi-faceted independent management company that was established in 1993 with our headquarters in Staten Island New York. After the tremendous international success of the first group released, the famed Wu-Tang Clan, we have gone down in history as the only management company to manage the entire Wu-Tang Clan, and in doing so, brought them from being a local group to international super stars. We have a very active schedule so there are numerous opportunities to be involved in. Duties vary greatly according to current priorities. The below listed tasks describe possible duties for open positions in Marketing and Promotions department; we also have a video production department and a radio station. We're only looking for serious, hardworking and ambitious candidates who work well with others and have a love for music or the entertainment industry in general.

What we are looking for:
Excellent written communication skills, with ability to communicate with diverse audiences
Interest in the music/entertainment industry
Professional demeanor
Experience with social networking (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Ning, Blogspot, etc.)
Well organized with attention to detail and ability to carry out tasks independently
Ability to meet deadlines

Roles and Responsibility:
online research of music blogs and social networking
expansion of online fan base
composing correspondence
Maintenance of companies social networks (Wu-World.com, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
tracking progress of promotion campaigns
telephone marketing and radio promotions
posting of content (Wu-World.com, YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, etc.)
data mining and organization of content
e-mail blasting

Wu-Tang Management (Staten Island Office)
Contact Amar: 508-373-6262 or 718-887-9562

Via @perfectporridge

Adamant Entertainment announced a Buckaroo Banzai tabletop roleplaying game, due in Spring 2012.

"Where are we going?!"

"PLANET TEN!"

"When?!"

"REAL SOON!"

At the time, we thought that Zynga was most interested in Seattle’s burgeoning gaming community as one of the reasons that it located here. But maybe the Amazon talent pool — people who’ve scaled massive Web properties and built huge data centers– was even more important to the overall mission.

Last July's octaNe adventure War Zeppelin of the Iron Man was insanely fun. I knew I had to run octaNe again at some point, and that time is now.

This Saturday at Emerald City Gamefest I'll be running a foray into Hong Kong b-movie style madness called Shadows of Lo Pan: Big Trouble in the International District from 10am to 2pm. I'll have room for six people at the table; pre-generated characters will be on hand as well as lucky envelopes containing clues, red herrings, and game-altering revelations.

There will be stiff competition for my game, though: other folks will be running adventures during the same time slot, including We Be Goblins! for Pathfinder RPG. (Complete schedule here.) There's also a gamer garage sale offering all sorts of cool games at affordable prices.

A neat how-to article on building a starfighter from pens, binder clips and whatnot.

"He patrols the city looking to right injustices and protect innocents.
Goldscale recognizes no boundaries and goes where he is needed most. ...Crime lords should stay wary, Goldscale is a one-kobold crusade looking to improve the lot of the common citizen."