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>Would you trust a computer to map out every dependency in the economy, down to the factory floor? Would you want to live in that world? Computers already do t
by wu-ikkyu 10y ago
>Would you trust a computer to map out every dependency in the economy, down to the factory floor? Would you want to live in that world?
Computers already do that, for the most part. Computers also don't lie, humans do.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150209-the-network-that-runs-the-world http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150209-the-network-that-ru...
- fixxer 10y agoDefinitely an awesome link (thanks), but last I checked, Maersk was around 15% of global shipping. I would not conflate a company's logistics software (with a narrow focus on shipping) with pulling the strings on the broad-based economy.
- alvarosm 10y agoThe BBC will distort anything to prove their point: that socialism is great.
- detaro 10y agoHow do you get any of that from the linked article? It's a factual description how a large company operates internally, nothing more. Is an article about how an automaker uses robots on their factory lines also promoting socialism? What do think is distorted in the article?
- alvarosm 10y agoRight. I guessed and I guessed wrong. I've seen them do it so many times that I jumped the gun.
- wu-ikkyu 10y agoDoesn't vertical integration increase efficiency, when properly executed? Integrating legacy computer systems almost invariably leads to greater efficiency.