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This idea seems to come and go all over the world. It reminds me of the "Científicos" [1] in Mexico during the Porfirio Díaz dictatorship (early 1900s). [1] h
by ks2048 7mo ago
This idea seems to come and go all over the world.
It reminds me of the "Científicos" [1] in Mexico during the Porfirio Díaz
dictatorship (early 1900s).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cient%C3%ADfico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cient%C3%ADfico
- jhbadger 7mo agoOr the "Whiz Kids" that Robert McNamara brought into the DoD in the 1960s who were supposed to win the war in Vietnam through game theory and other applications of science and technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(Department_of_Defense) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(Department_of_Defen...
- c-smile 7mo agoUSSR at big extent was there too. Like OGAS[1] - a unified economic management system. The idea was simple yet technocratically rational: if the system has enough sensors and effectors on society then it can reach a maximum of satisfaction for the society as a whole (with the given set of common resources). [1]https://museum.dataart.com/short-stories/ogas-the-red-bit-system https://museum.dataart.com/short-stories/ogas-the-red-bit-sy...