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    %TECHNOCRATIC PROBLEM ANALYSIS INTEGRITY ADDICT 881113

     Technical   problems  are problems which    can  with
honesty  be  perceived  as involving  primarily  objective
realities and relationships,  with virtually no subjective
aspects which are of any importance to anybody.

     Non-technical   problems   are  problems  which   are
perceived    as   involving   objective   realities    and
relationships  as well as conflicts among ideals,   needs,
desires, fears, etc.  among people who are the embodiments
of and embodied in the conflicts.

     Technical  problems  are  solved with  little  or  no
conflict among values,  ideals,  desires,  fears, peoples,
etc.

     Non-technical  problems involve conflicts  which  are
resolved   only  through   integrative  consideration   of
conflicts among numerous ideals,  values, needs,  desires,
fears, etc; with due consideration also given to objective
realities and relationships.

     Expert   technocrats  have  been  trained  to   solve
technical  problems by the consideration of only objective
realities and relationships.  Technocrats often create and
are central  to  non-technical  problems which they do not
perceive and are not qualified to resolve.

     The  political  power to "solve"  technical  problems
without  due  consideration  to  conflicts  among  various
values,   ideals,  desires,  fears,   etc.    creates non-
technical  dilemmas  to  which  there  are   no  technical
solutions.   Expert technocrats cannot solve such dilemmas
because they have been trained to ignore the non-objective
aspects of each situation.

     The more intimately a problem involves intimate human
relationships  the more likely it is to be a non-technical
dilemma   which  can  not  be  solved  through   primarily
technical means.   Such personal dilemmas often do  entail
objective  aspects  which can be addressed through  purely
technical means.  Insensitively addressing such aspects in
purely  technical ways will often  aggravate the   overall
situation  because  dealing  with   the objective  aspects
without due consideration to  the associated  conflicts in
values  and  ideals only heightens the conflicts which are
the essence of the situation.
     The persistent dilemmas of the technocratic world are
non-technical  dilemmas  which  are  being  addressed   in
primarily technical ways. The following words suggest such
dilemmas.

MALNUTRITION POPULATION INSECURITY DEFENSE

HOUSING EDUCATION ENERGY SEX

RELIGION TERRORISM GREENHOUSE OZONE

WEAPONS IMPRISONMENT ALCOHOL DRUGS

ADDICTION CODEPENDENCE DISHONESTY VIOLENCE

EROSION FLOODING STORMS DROUGHTS

CRIME CORRUPTION INFLATION DEBTS

DEPLETIONS POLLUTION EXHAUSTION CONFUSION

REJECTION SPECIALISTS EXCOMMUNICATE CULTS

     These are not isolated technical problems.   They are
intricately  interconnected  not-technical dilemmas  which
involve most of the conflicts among values and people that
plague the modern world.  Technocrats are not qualified to
solve  such dilemmas because technocrats have been  taught
to ignore conflicts among values and peoples.

     To  deal wisely with these conflicts and dilemmas  we
must learn to  perceive them  as intricately inter-related
patterns  of  conflicts among values,   ideals,   desires,
needs, and conceptual paradigms for dealing with them; and
to approach them  with conflict  resolution skills as well
as  knowledge  and  skills  which are  more  technical  in
nature.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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