UTC  Russell was active in the Fabian socialist movement  His political thought was certainly very sympathetic to many technocratic ideas but was generally more abstract than any ideology  Roads to Freedom makes patent his political promiscuity Russell was willing to support any movement that would tend to push history towards human freedom humane social relations and the rational satisfaction of human needs  Although when nuclear war was concerned he seemed to prefer social injustice to complete ruin  On the other hand Russell was deeply skeptical of technology and science in its influence on human society and culture  The Scientific Outlook was his vision of a scientific dystopiaone which incorporates much of technocracy  For the uninitiated it is somewhat similar to Brave New World  Although the technocratic elements are not necessarily portrayed in a negative light they are not left blameless for the resulting society  All in all it seems hard to imagine that book could be the work of an enthusiastic technocrat    January