In 1927, French philosopher Julien Benda warned in his book ‘The Treason of the Intellectuals’ that a society rots when people who know better stay silent to stay close to power. Benda argued that European intellectuals in the 19th and 20th centuries often lost the ability to reason dispassionately about political and military matters. Instead, […] The post Editorial: Betrayal of the Technocrats appeared first on The Namibian .