Humanist Technocracy and Efficiency

The concept of Technocracy has often been associated with the principle of maximizing Efficiency.  In those contexts, Efficiency is defined as the ratio between output and input, i. e. with respect to which the standard use of 'Efficient Cause' is a misnomer.  Recently, in a Political context, Efficiency has been most recognizable as a criterion for Energy production, and Socialists have invoked it to promote the Labor theory of Value.  But, Efficiency can also be used to justify Slavery, which for an owner involves minimum upkeep and maximum productivity.  Now, common to these cases is a Atomist concept of Technocracy, often under the influence of a Newtonian system, i. e. in which members of society are inherently co-independent, so their relations are associationist, and their interactions are mechanist.  In contrast, a Humanist Technocracy is Organicist, so that Efficiency is a characteristic of both the Whole and its Parts, and maximum Efficiency requires the cultivation of the maximum well-being of its members, as well as of the maximum fruitfulness of their interactions.  Under such conditions, Efficiency becomes Gracefulness, just as Techne is both a Scientific and an Artistic Virtue, as is exemplified by da Vinci.