Of all the dystopias that get covered in pop culture and the media, a technocracy seldom makes the list. It probably should.

Despite the bad rap technocrats get, they're absolutely needed to keep dogma and blind faith from hijacking the day to day working of governments.

There's a fine line between being an expert trying to simplify a complex topic and an arrogant snob lecturing down to your audience. TED's all-stars are starting to cross that line.