In 1971, Salvador Allende had Stafford Beer design a computer system to control the planned economy of Chile. The control room looked like something out of an early StarTrek episode. It collected information from all parts of Chile and showed them on screens that were controlled by panels on the arms of mounted swivel chairs.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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Happy April Fools Day! It is only appropriate that this ridiculous blog is started today.
This is the Asympotatoes blog. It contains our thoughts on new and old tech and other random interesting facts.
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