cyberocracy

/ˌsaɪbəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

cyberocracy means A hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

cyberocracy is pronounced /ˌsaɪbəˈɹɒkɹəsi/.

Why “cyberocracy” is a great word

CYBEROCRACY — [Noun] A hypothetical form of government where power is derived from the control and effective use of information and information technology. From the combining form cyber- (relating to information systems or computers) + the connecting vowel -o- + -cracy (from Greek -kratia, meaning "rule" or "power"), coined in 1978 by political scientist David Ronfeldt. Unlike technocracy, which envisions rule by scientific and engineering elites, or algorithmic governance, which denotes automated decision-making by code, cyberocracy is the broader dominion of a networked information architecture. It is the silent hum of a server farm dictating social credit, the real-time redirection of civic behavior through a dashboard's flicker, and the perfect, airless quiet of a room where dissent has been algorithmically pre-empted—a regime where legitimacy is not voted upon but computed, and to be forgotten is the ultimate exile.

Etymology

From cyber- + -o- + -cracy, coined by political scientist David Ronfeldt in 1978.

noun

A hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology.“Cyberocracy must surpass bureaucracy and its 20th-century iteration, technocracy if new techniques of acquiring and using information are to take hold. Bureaucracy depends on going through channels and keeping information in bounds. In contrast, cyberocracy may place a premium on gaining information from any source—public or private.”