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There were almost two internets. Then, the CIA destroyed one

12 pointsby jshprentzover 3 years ago

2 comments

rektideover 3 years ago
except cybersyn is hardly really an internetworking of peers? my understanding that it's more like a large top down multi-stage networm, ultimately designed to create one ultra-well-connected control room for a country.
dredmorbiusover 3 years ago
There&#x27;ve been numerous previous discussions of Project Cybersyn. More are welcomed!<p>Project Cybersyn (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Project_Cybersyn" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Project_Cybersyn</a>) 1 year ago -- 114 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24764727" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24764727</a><p>Project Cybersyn, a 1971-73 Chilean Experiment in Computer-Assisted Economy (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.damninteresting.com&#x2F;nineteen-seventy-three&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.damninteresting.com&#x2F;nineteen-seventy-three&#x2F;</a>) 9 years ago -- 67 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=4682951" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=4682951</a><p>Cybersyn and Allende’s Semi-Automated Luxury Socialism (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scottlocklin.wordpress.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;02&#x2F;26&#x2F;cybersyn-and-allendes-semi-automated-luxury-socialism&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scottlocklin.wordpress.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;02&#x2F;26&#x2F;cybersyn-and-a...</a>) 2 years ago -- 105 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21673423" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21673423</a><p>Project Cybersyn (1971) (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Project_Cybersyn" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Project_Cybersyn</a>) 8 years ago -- 36 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7398245" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7398245</a><p>Project Cybersyn: Socialism Through Cybernetics (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;99percentinvisible.org&#x2F;episode&#x2F;project-cybersyn&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;99percentinvisible.org&#x2F;episode&#x2F;project-cybersyn&#x2F;</a>) 5 years ago -- 58 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=12641425" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=12641425</a><p>Project Cybersyn: real-time computer control of a planned economy (1970-1973) (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cybersyn" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cybersyn</a>) 12 years ago -- 33 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=1190508" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=1190508</a><p>Project Cybersyn and the Origins of the Big Data Nation (2014) (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;13&#x2F;planning-machine" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;13&#x2F;planning-machi...</a>) 1 month ago -- 39 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29930098" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29930098</a><p>Project Cybersyn and the origins of the Big Data nation (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;13&#x2F;planning-machine" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;13&#x2F;planning-machin...</a>) 7 years ago -- 13 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8417882" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8417882</a><p>Project Cybersyn (2016) (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;99percentinvisible.org&#x2F;episode&#x2F;project-cybersyn&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;99percentinvisible.org&#x2F;episode&#x2F;project-cybersyn&#x2F;</a>) 1 year ago -- 8 comments <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24443238" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24443238</a><p>... and a few others with &lt; 8 comments.