Project Cybersyn was an ambitious initiative undertaken in Chile during the early 1970s, primarily under the government of President Salvador Allende. The project aimed to create a socialist, computer-based management system to optimize the country’s economy and enhance the efficiency of state-run industries. Developed by British cybernetician Stafford Beer, Project Cybersyn sought to integrate computers, cybernetics, and management science to collect and analyze real-time data from various sectors of the economy.
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