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The contents presented are delivered verbally by Mr. [http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/people/langins.htm Janis Langins], on his last year as professor before his retirement. He is also the author of [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/janis-langins ''Conserving the Enlightenment, French Military Engineering from Vauban to the Revolution''] published by MIT Press. | The contents presented are delivered verbally by Mr. [http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/people/langins.htm Janis Langins], on his last year as professor before his retirement. He is also the author of [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/janis-langins ''Conserving the Enlightenment, French Military Engineering from Vauban to the Revolution''] published by MIT Press. | ||
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== | ==ERTW, an Opinion== | ||
-Engineers do not rule the world | |||
-Many engineers climb to high positions in society and engineering is left behind them | |||
-The creators and operators of technology have little say in how it is ran | |||
===Why Don’t ERTW?=== | |||
-What Veblen saw as revolutionary tendencies among engineers was really an interest in status | |||
-Noble: Engineers were co-opted by capitalism | |||
===Should Engineers Rule the World?=== | |||
-Maybe | |||
-There are not many engineers across non-violent Islamic groups and there are many engineers across violent Islamic groups | |||
-75% of chemical engineers voted for the Republican Party (Conservatives) | |||
-Layton suggests many engineers came from the upper lower close and lower middle class, engineering presented a way for these people to advance within society (especially in Islamic countries, some joined extremist groups in anger) | |||
===Current Challenges of World=== | |||
-Value of a person is seen in purely economic terms, some CEOs are thinking of this value dysfunction | |||
-Polarization Wealth = Economic Inequality Increasing | |||
-Less loyalty to a company then previously in history | |||
-Environmental Degradation | |||
-Rise of international tensions | |||
What can engineers should do? | |||
-Asset themselves into the business world | |||
-Defend the ideals of workmanship, pride in work | |||
-Get involved in democratic politics and should rule the world provided: | |||
- Humility is employed, dangerous minds think they are always right | |||
- Engineers for the world | |||
==Engineers in Antiquity== | ==Engineers in Antiquity== |