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Technology to Manage a New Society (slrpnk.net)
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I just finished listening to The Santiago Boys podcast about the attempts to use cybernetics to run the Chilean economy under Allende in the early 70s. It was very interesting and got me wondering what kinds of technology (hardware or software) that you have come across that you think would be good for managing resources/efforts and democratising society.

What tools do you think could empower people?

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[-] greengnu@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

The tools are already readily available:

Relational Databases

SAT solvers

The missing bit is social action, which no amount of software can solve.

[-] theendismeh@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's not about automating the decision making, but making the tools available for when the will is present.

[-] greengnu@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

The tools are already readily available under FSF approved licenses. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.en.html

Support the FSF if that is a legitimate concern to you

https://my.fsf.org/join

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