Designing Freedom, Regulating a Nation: Socialist Cybernetics in Allende's Chile

@article{Medina2006DesigningFR,  title={Designing Freedom, Regulating a Nation: Socialist Cybernetics in Allende's Chile},  author={Eden Miller Medina},  journal={Journal of Latin American Studies},  year={2006},  volume={38},  pages={571 - 606},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:26484124}}
An early computer network developed in Chile during the socialist presidency of Salvador Allende (1970–1973) to regulate the growing social property area and manage the transition of Chile's economy from capitalism to socialism is presented.

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