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Anyone have any good recs for learning about Cybersyn? (hexbear.net)
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I'm reading Red Plenty with a book club of mostly libs, and my job is to keep my temper down and also know more than everyone else about central planning.

I don't have time to read a book on it, ideally like a good article or something.

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[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

an article / podcast https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/project-cybersyn/

and sidenote: cybersyn was very different from soviet central planning. theres little connection with red plenty if thats what you are looking for

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago

Ty. Yeah I'm kind of aware but would like to be more informed overall going into the discussion, thanks that feels like a perfect little snapshot.

[–] ByteFoolish@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's a podcast on it called The Santiago Boys

[–] mayakovsky@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

This one is good. Lots of detail and a great reference website so you can find sources he mentions.

[–] mayakovsky@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Cybersyn, big data, variety engineering and governance by Raul Espejo

Its a paper on Cybersyn written by a guy involved with it.

If you are looking for other texts on economic planning, there has been an uptick in work done on this lately.

https://www.indep.network/ & https://www.democratic-planning.com/ are two places to look

Also "Economic Planning in the Age of Climate Crisis" is a short book and takes the linear programming approach. (One of the authors is a piece of shit, but it's worth downloading from Anna's Archive). There have been criticisms of it too: https://cosmonautmag.com/2023/07/how-not-to-economically-plan-in-the-age-of-climate-crisis/

Doubling the rec for Morozovs podcast The Santiago Boys. His article Digital Socialism is also worth reading.

[–] mayakovsky@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

Also, The Forest and the Factory by Chavez and Neel. It's more of a speculative piece on non-capitalist production and innovation, but an enjoyable read. They are both great writers.

[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

PlasticPills: Project Cybersyn & The CIA Coup in Chile

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: