[citation needed] Technocentrics argue that technology can address ecological problems through its problem-solving ability, efficiency, and its managerial means.
This does not imply that children are selfish, but simply means that when a child thinks, all questions are referred to the self, to the ego.
Among the earliest references cited by O'Riordan in his book "Environmentalism" (which includes extensive discussion of ecocentric and technocentric modes of thought) is that of Hays in 1959[6] where technocentrism is characterised as: The application of rational and 'value-free' scientific and managerial techniques by a professional elite, who regarded the natural environment as 'neutral stuff' from which man could profitably shape his destiny.Technocentrism is often contrasted with ecocentrism.
They lack faith in modern technology and the bureaucracy attached to it so they maintain responsibility for the environment.
[9] There is also the case of the so-called sustaincentric worldview, which was developed as a product of ecocentric and technocentric views.