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If the technocratic class often invokes technology, it is because these inanimate objects can take on a trajectory of their own and so cover for the manager's inability to give leadership.
John Ralston Saul
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John Ralston Saul
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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Ottawa (Ontario)
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