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The Decline of Statesmanship and the Rise of Technocracy: A Warning from Political Philosopher Marjorie Jeffrey Habighorst
Michigan, US, 16th April 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, As public trust in institutions erodes and political discourse becomes increasingly transactional, political philosopher Marjorie Jeffrey Habighorst is sounding the alarm. She notes that the West is witnessing a quiet but dangerous shift from statesmanship to technocracy, which could fundamentally undermine the moral foundation of democratic life.
In recent lectures and essays, Habighorst has sharply criticized the technocratic impulse that dominates contemporary governance. “We are mistaking competence for wisdom and management for leadership,” she argues. “Policy is no longer grounded in philosophical principle or civic responsibility, but in efficiency metrics, algorithms, and short-term optimization.”
This shift, Habighorst explains, is not merely semantic. It reflects a profound philosophical transformation: once political leadership was understood as a moral art rooted in prudence, judgment, and civic virtue, today’s political actors are expected to be data-driven administrators, crisis managers, or celebrity communicators. The result is a hollowing-out of political meaning and a dangerous divorce between technical expertise and moral responsibility.
“The statesman once aspired to cultivate the common good through deliberation and persuasion,” Habighorst says. “Today’s leaders are expected to ‘deliver results’ in quarterly increments, speak in the language of economics, and defer ethical questions to legal departments or regulatory agencies. That is not leadership; it is abdication.”
Her critique is not anti-technology nor anti-expertise. Instead, Habighorst insists that technocratic governance, without grounding in philosophical reflection and historical understanding, leads to a subtle but corrosive form of authoritarianism. “The technocrat asks, ‘What works?’ The statesman must ask, ‘What is right?’ If we abandon the latter question, we are left with efficient but soulless governance.”
She traces this drift back to what she calls “the institutionalization of moral neutrality,” a development she believes began in earnest in the post-war period and has accelerated in the digital age. “In our zeal to avoid ideological conflict, we’ve trained leaders to avoid the deeper questions of justice, liberty, and human flourishing,” she explains. “But politics cannot be morally neutral. It must be morally serious.”
Habighorst sees evidence of this trend across the Western world, from bureaucratized pandemic responses that sideline political deliberation to the increasing reliance on unelected experts to make sweeping decisions. The consequences are visible in her view: rising civic disengagement, a sense of alienation among citizens, and the erosion of public trust.
“What we are witnessing is not just political fatigue. It’s a philosophical crisis,” she warns. “People do not want to be managed, they want to be led. They want to be part of something meaningful.”
To counter this trend, Habighorst advocates a return to the classical understanding of statesmanship, one rooted in virtue, courage, and the pursuit of justice. Drawing on figures like Lincoln, Churchill, and Cicero, she calls for a renewed emphasis on political education that forms skilled administrators and morally serious leaders.
“Leadership is not about having all the answers,” she says. “It’s about having the judgment to ask the right questions and the character to act on principle, even when it’s unpopular.”
Habighorst also urges universities to rethink their political science and public policy education approach. “We’ve trained a generation to navigate systems but not to understand why those systems exist in the first place,” she says. “We need to reintroduce moral philosophy, classical texts, and historical case studies, not as academic exercises, but as vital tools for shaping the political imagination.”
Her message has found an audience among students and civic leaders alike, particularly those disillusioned by the technocratic status quo. In public forums, she has championed the idea of “moral imagination” as an antidote to bureaucratic drift: the capacity to envision a just society and take responsibility for its realization.
Asked whether she sees hope, Habighorst is cautiously optimistic. “There’s a hunger for real leadership, for moral clarity,” she says. “The good news is that statesmanship is not dead. It’s just been sleeping. And we need to wake it up.”
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Delaware, US – 16th September 2025 – Gonka, a decentralized network for high-efficiency AI compute, has officially launched, offering builders, researchers, and enterprises an open alternative to traditional cloud infrastructure.
Unlike centralized providers that gate access to compute through APIs and corporate pipelines, Gonka enables anyone with hardware—from a single GPU to a full-scale data center—to contribute power directly to meaningful AI workloads, including model training, inference, and scientific simulations.
Breaking the Cloud Monopoly
In traditional Proof-of-Stake networks, more than 90% of GPU cycles are consumed on consensus tasks that hold no value beyond the blockchain itself. Gonka flips this model: nearly 100% of resources are directed toward productive AI workloads. This approach not only maximizes efficiency but also ensures that every unit of compute power contributes directly to advancing AI research and applications.
Early Adoption Incentives
To accelerate adoption, Gonka has introduced a 180-epoch (approximately six months) Grace Period in which inference runs at zero cost. During this time, a fixed allocation of GNK, the network’s native token, is distributed daily among active hosts. This issuance decreases over time, creating scarcity and rewarding early participants disproportionately.
Permissionless by Design
c. Participants can connect their GPUs, begin contributing compute, and immediately earn GNK. For developers, the network offers an OpenAI-compatible API, making it simple to build on top of decentralized infrastructure without sacrificing usability.
A New Era of Plural AI
By aligning incentives with meaningful work and removing gatekeepers from the equation, Gonka sets the foundation for a new paradigm in AI development—one where compute power is treated as a shared resource, and knowledge is allowed to flourish without censorship.
About Gonka
Gonka is a decentralized network for high-efficiency AI compute, designed to maximize the use of global GPU power for meaningful AI workloads. By eliminating centralized gatekeepers, Gonka provides builders and researchers with permissionless access to compute resources, while rewarding participants through its native token, GNK.
For more information, visit gonka.ai.
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Carbon Tracking System Goes Live: AetheriQube Empowers End-to-End Emissions Management
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Recently, AetheriQube officially announced the launch of its carbon tracking system, marking significant progress in the fields of carbon reduction and energy transition. This system integrates artificial intelligence (AI) with blockchain technology to achieve real-time, end-to-end monitoring and on-chain verification of energy production, consumption, and carbon emissions, providing innovative technical support for global environmental compliance.
As the global “dual carbon” goals advance, precise monitoring and management of carbon emissions have become core tasks for national energy policies. The carbon tracking system of AetheriQube utilizes Graph Neural Network (GNN) technology to monitor carbon emissions in real time across energy production and consumption processes. By analyzing power flows and demand fluctuations with AI, the system delivers accurate carbon emission forecasts, helping energy suppliers and users optimize energy usage strategies to reduce emissions. The application of this system not only improves the precision of carbon accounting but also offers robust technical support for the transparency and standardization of the global green energy market.
Additionally, the carbon tracking system of AetheriQube provides innovative solutions for clean energy trading. By recording carbon reduction data on-chain, the platform can issue tradable carbon certificates to clean energy producers. This creates new investment opportunities for green energy investors and generates additional revenue for clean energy producers, encouraging broader participation in carbon reduction and advancing global environmental objectives.
The carbon tracking system also takes into account increasingly stringent global environmental regulations. The real-time carbon emission data of the system complies with local regulatory requirements, effectively reducing the risks of enterprises in responding to policy changes. Through this system, AetheriQube offers users worldwide compliant and transparent carbon emission data, supporting the development of the green finance market.
AetheriQube is accelerating the process of energy transition and carbon reduction, while providing sustainable technical support for global carbon compliance management. With the full-scale deployment of this system, AetheriQube is set to play a more significant role in the global energy sector, driving progress toward worldwide low-carbon goals.
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Local Bloomingdale pest control provides tailored, family-safe solutions for homes and businesses with free inspections and ongoing monitoring.
Riverview, Florida, United States, 16th Sep 2025 – Today, Taps Pest Services announced the launch of family-safe residential and commercial pest control services in Bloomingdale, Florida. The company is introducing integrated pest management (IPM) programs tailored to local conditions to help homes and businesses manage pests effectively while minimizing risk to people, pets, and the environment.
Taps Pest Services delivers comprehensive, property-specific plans that begin with a detailed inspection to identify activity, entry points, and contributing site conditions. Certified technicians implement targeted treatments and prevention measures—including exclusion work, habitat modification, and monitoring—to address termites, rodents, mosquitoes, ticks, and stinging insects. The approach is designed to resolve current issues and reduce the likelihood of future infestations through ongoing oversight and timely intervention.
To support accessibility, the company offers free inspections and flexible service plans based on each property’s needs. The family-safe program reflects growing community demand for environmentally responsible, low-risk pest control options that maintain healthy environments for residents, employees, and customers.
By pairing proven IPM practices with personalized plans, they’re helping Bloomingdale property owners confidently protect their spaces.
About Taps Pest Services
Taps Pest Services provides residential and commercial pest management solutions using integrated pest management principles, emphasizing safety, effectiveness, and long-term prevention.
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