Rational elites know everything there is to know about their self-contained, technical or scientific…

John Ralston Saul — 1992 interview with Barry James, International Herald Tribune

Rational elites know everything there is to know about their self-contained, technical or scientific worlds, but lack a broader perspective ... They have a common underlying concern: how to get their particular system to function. Meanwhile, civilisation becomes increasingly directionless and incomprehensible.

— John Ralston Saul, 1992 interview with Barry James, International Herald Tribune