COMPLETE: Technocracy by William Henry Smyth - choco

[progressingamerica]

Technocracy by William Henry Smyth.

This project is complete! All audio files are available on our catalog page:
https://librivox.org/technocracy-by-william-henry-smyth/

William Henry Smyth, a Californian engineer, is usually credited with inventing the word "technocracy" in 1919 to describe "the rule of the people made effective through the agency of their servants, the scientists and engineers" (Wikipedia)

• Text source (only read from this text!): https://archive.org/details/technocracyworki00smytrich
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[craigdav1]

I would enjoy being dpl if one is needed
DaveC

[chocoholic]

I'll be happy to MC. Back shortly with your MW.

[chocoholic]

OK, you're all set! Your author is not the same William Henry Smyth who's already in our database, so I'll get that sorted out, but you can start uploading anytime.

[chocoholic]

Moved to Going Solo.

[progressingamerica]

https://librivox.org/uploads/chocoholic/technocracy_01_smyth_128kb.mp3

[craigdav1]

1 PL OK.

[progressingamerica]

https://librivox.org/uploads/chocoholic/technocracy_02_smyth_128kb.mp3

[craigdav1]

2
Just one minor quibble. The silence at 33:29-33:35 is maybe 2s too long. I was reaching for my player thinking something was wrong with the file/player. If you feel strongly that it shouldn't be changed than so be it.

[progressingamerica]

https://librivox.org/uploads/chocoholic/technocracy_02_smyth_128kb.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/chocoholic/technocracy_03_smyth_128kb.mp3

[craigdav1]

2-3 PL OK.

[progressingamerica]

....... still working on this.............

[chocoholic]

Thanks for checking in! No hurry!

[progressingamerica]

Dave,

At around 35:25, page 33, there is a section that is written funky and was not very audiobook friendly. Let me know if you have any opinion of that section.

https://librivox.org/uploads/chocoholic/technocracy_04_smyth_128kb.mp3

[craigdav1]

4 PL OK.

Well...I'm not sure what point he is trying to make, other than a genuine distrust of "credit." He gets pretty emotional about it. Your read of this section though sounds fine.