Characteristics

The term technate, within the context of this design, refers to an operational area. i.e. a geographical area with the following characteristics:

1 Application of Science. The organisation and management of the technate has its roots in the science applied to society. It takes the best science and technology we have to build a sustainable socioeconomic system and adapts and changes as our knowledge changes. The tehcnate has a pragmatic nature with decisions based on empirical findings.

2 Expert Management. All the technological aspects of society come under the management of those with the skill, expertise, training and education of a given technical area. This results in strict lines of demarcation, that those without the require expertise in a given technical area have no say in the decision making for that area. It also results in a distributed form of management as no one person has technical expertise in all the technical aspects of society

3 Technical Management. the tehcnate manages the technical aspects of society (the means of production, transportation, communications, power infrastructure etc.) within a geographical area and not the people within that area.

4 Goal Orientated. The technate has a goal of maintaining the highest standard of living for the longest time possible. This means the technate ahas a sustainable nature.

5. A People Side. The design make a distinction between those technical areas under expert management and people issues that do not have a technically correct answer (such as morality and social issues). the people aspects come under the domain of the people who live within a given set of communities.