Howard Scott

Howard Scott ( * April 1, 1890; † January 1, 1970 ) was a political and economical dedicated engineer who has contributed significantly to the technocratic movement and in particular to the establishment of the Technical Alliance, the Committee on Technocracy and the Technocracy Incorporated.

Life and work

Scott was born in Virginia and was of Irish- Scottish descent. He claimed to have received training in Europe, but had no formal qualifications. In 1918, he appeared in New York. He worked at various construction sites where he adopted practical experience. He then settled in Greenwich Village as a " bohemian engineer " down. He founded a small company, the Duron Chemical Company, the color and floor wax produced in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. Scott delivered his products from itself and showed the customer how they should deal with the floor.

Towards the end of World War Howard Scott was involved in the construction of the Technical Alliance, the economic and social development in North America explored; they broke up in 1921. 1920 appointed him to the organization " Industrial Workers of the World " for their first and only director of research. Together with Walter Rautenstrauch 1932 he formed the Committee on Technocracy, the more rational and productive society, led by technical experts sought. The committee broke it after a few months, in January 1933, again because you found out that Scott had not completed any academic training as an engineer. On January 13, 1933 Scott stopped in front of 400 listeners a speech on technocracy in New York's Hotel Pierre, which was also broadcast on the radio. It was completely torn apart by the media. In the same year founded Technocracy Incorporated Scott, an organization which he headed until his death.

Reception in Germany

Scott's ideas had on America addition to Germany, where the eminent art historian Prof. Richard Woldt represented his theories - among other things the demand for a four-hour workday and a 20-year working life in order to avoid unemployment.

Swell

  • Wolfhard Weber, Lutz angels churches: the case of the history of technology in Germany from 1945 to 1975. Waxmann, Münster eg in 2000, ISBN 3-89325-992-9 ( Cottbus studies of the history of technology, labor and the environment 15).
  • Richard Woldt: technocracy. A technical balance. In: Saxon folk calendar 1947 ISSN 982545-9, pp. 55-56. .
  • Art theory
  • Born in 1890
  • Died in 1970
  • Man
  • Technician
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