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What does Pope Francis mean by “the technocratic paradigm”?

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In his encyclical Laudato si’ (2015; “Praise Be to You”), a landmark Roman Catholic document addressing the environment and care for creation, Pope Francis uses the phrase “the technocratic paradigm” to refer to the dominance of technology and science, through which humans manipulate nature without respecting its order, leading to ecological crises.