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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==
==<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">ERTW, an Opinion - See discussion page</span>==
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Engineers do not rule the world</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Many engineers climb to high positions in society and engineering is left behind them</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-The creators and operators of technology have little say in how it is ran</span>
===<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">Why Don’t ERTW?</span>===
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-What Veblen saw as revolutionary tendencies among engineers was really an interest in status</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Noble: Engineers were co-opted by capitalism</span>
===<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">Should Engineers Rule the World?</span>===
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Maybe-There are not many engineers across non-violent Islamic groups and there are many engineers across violent Islamic groups</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-75% of chemical engineers voted for the Republican Party (Conservatives)</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-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)</span>
===<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">Current Challenges of World</span>===
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Value of a person is seen in purely economic terms, some CEOs are thinking of this value dysfunction</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Polarization Wealth = Economic Inequality Increasing</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Less loyalty to a company then previously in history</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Environmental Degradation</span>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Rise of international tensions</span>


-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?===
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">What can engineers should do?</span>
-What Veblen saw as revolutionary tendencies among engineers was really an interest in status
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Asset themselves into the business world</span>
-Noble: Engineers were co-opted by capitalism
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Defend the ideals of workmanship, pride in work</span>
 
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Get involved in democratic politics and should rule the world provided:</span>
===Should Engineers Rule the World?===
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">- Humility is employed, dangerous minds think they are always right</span>
-Maybe
<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;"> - Engineers for the world</span>
-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==
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