For those more interested in this, there's a follow-up to comments, which results in this (still on-going?) exchange: - The original article (linked by OP): ht

For those more interested in this, there's a follow-up to comments, which results in this (still on-going?) exchange: - The original article (linked by OP): http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/30/in-soviet-union-optimization-problem-solves-you/ http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/30/in-soviet-union-optimiza... - A comment made by Paul Cockshott (a Marxist economist and computer scientist, most known for "Towards New Socialism" book): http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/30/in-soviet-union-optimization-problem-solves-you/#comment-416201 http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/30/in-soviet-union-optimiza... - Shalizi's response to Cockshott, among his other responses to other comments: http://bactra.org/weblog/919.html http://bactra.org/weblog/919.html - Cockshott's response to above: https://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/plan-balancing-algorithms-reply-to-some-criticisms/ https://paulcockshott.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/plan-balancin...