Project Cybersyn and the Origins of the Big Data Nation (2014)

Re:Project Cybersyn and the Origins of the Big Data Nation (... by maze-le on Friday January 14, 2022 @05:02AM (#29932586)

What it was is essentially a supply chain management system... Something every big coorporation does today -- some of them on a scale comparable to a nation state.

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Re:Project Cybersyn and the Origins of the Big Data Nation (... by nivenkos on Friday January 14, 2022 @05:39AM (#29932823)

Yeah, Amazon has a system to determine the most cost-effective shipping, including where to ship from to begin with, and even shipping the same item even if it belongs to another seller, if it is easier to ship.

It's not just a greedy algorithm like a market system to get the lowest costs for the first orders only.

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Re:Project Cybersyn and the Origins of the Big Data Nation (... by pietrovismara on Friday January 14, 2022 @07:46AM (#29933789)

Then why shouldn't states do the same?

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Re:Project Cybersyn and the Origins of the Big Data Nation (... by maze-le on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:48AM (#29934363)

I am not arguing for that, they should when the economic situation demands it. And they should be equally eager to drop it when the situation changes. I am all for more pragmatism and less ideology in terms of economic policy decisions, its not a one-way street.

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