The mismanagement of evil

This article stretches the boundaries of Futures' coverage. It may be taken as a satire on either world order thinking or on the responses of those who oppose such Utopian visions, or both. The ‘scientific management of evil’ considered here may be the best definition of 20th century totalitarian systems yet devised—although some may consider it inapposite to worry about what evil may be possible in a steady-state peaceful world which still seems so distant at present.