LEADER 04725oam 2200661Ma 450 001 9910779063203321 005 20190503073401.0 010 $a0-262-52596-8 010 $a0-262-29829-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000088238 035 $a(OCoLC)772592946 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10521946 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000688339 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11405528 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688339 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10761437 035 $a(PQKB)11697112 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339354 035 $a(OCoLC)772592946$z(OCoLC)842286043$z(OCoLC)939263766$z(OCoLC)961618248$z(OCoLC)962691377$z(OCoLC)966228576$z(OCoLC)972002567$z(OCoLC)984521101$z(OCoLC)987953829$z(OCoLC)988537833$z(OCoLC)991924407$z(OCoLC)993116368$z(OCoLC)1027510180$z(OCoLC)1030913303$z(OCoLC)1037908624$z(OCoLC)1038653936$z(OCoLC)1047784800$z(OCoLC)1055344209$z(OCoLC)1057635057$z(OCoLC)1058161387$z(OCoLC)1065941169$z(OCoLC)1078020404$z(OCoLC)1081179429$z(OCoLC)1086479044$z(OCoLC)1097279604$z(OCoLC)1097332977 035 $a(OCoLC-P)772592946 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8417 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339354 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10521946 035 $a(OCoLC)939263766 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000088238 100 $a20120110d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCybernetic revolutionaries $etechnology and politics in Allende's Chile /$fEden Medina 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a0-262-01649-4 311 $a0-262-29738-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTechnological and political visions -- Cybernetics and socialism -- cybernetics in the battle for production -- Designing a network -- Constructing the liberty machine -- The October strike -- Cybersyn goes public -- Conclusion : technology, politics, history. 330 $aA historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the simultaneous attempt to build a computer system that would manage Chile's economy. Neither vision was fully realized--Allende's government ended with a violent military coup; the system, known as Project Cybersyn, was never completely implemented--but they hold lessons for today about the relationship between technology and politics.Drawing on extensive archival material and interviews, Medina examines the cybernetic system envisioned by the Chilean government--which was to feature holistic system design, decentralized management, human-computer interaction, a national telex network, near real-time control of the growing industrial sector, and modeling the behavior of dynamic systems. She also describes, and documents with photographs, the network's Star Trek-like operations room, which featured swivel chairs with armrest control panels, a wall of screens displaying data, and flashing red lights to indicate economic emergencies.Studying project Cybersyn today helps us understand not only the technological ambitions of a government in the midst of political change but also the limitations of the Chilean revolution. This history further shows how human attempts to combine the political and the technological with the goal of creating a more just society can open new technological, intellectual, and political possibilities. Technologies, Medina writes, are historical texts; when we read them we are reading history. 606 $aGovernment business enterprises$xComputer networks$zChile 606 $aGovernment ownership$zChile 606 $aCybernetics$xPolitical aspects$zChile 607 $aChile$xPolitics and government$y1970-1973$vCase studies 607 $aChile$xEconomic conditions$y1970-1973$vCase studies 610 $aSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General 610 $aSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology 610 $aCOMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction 615 0$aGovernment business enterprises$xComputer networks 615 0$aGovernment ownership 615 0$aCybernetics$xPolitical aspects 676 $a303.48/33098309047 700 $aMedina$b Eden$f1976-$0994111 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779063203321 996 $aCybernetic revolutionaries$92276731 997 $aUNINA