<s>
Project	B-Architecture
Cybersyn	I-Architecture
was	O
a	O
Chilean	O
project	O
from	O
1971	O
to	O
1973	O
during	O
the	O
presidency	O
of	O
Salvador	O
Allende	O
aimed	O
at	O
constructing	O
a	O
distributed	O
decision	B-Application
support	I-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
national	O
economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
consisted	O
of	O
four	O
modules	O
:	O
an	O
economic	O
simulator	O
,	O
custom	O
software	O
to	O
check	O
factory	O
performance	O
,	O
an	O
operations	O
room	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
national	O
network	O
of	O
telex	B-Application
machines	O
that	O
were	O
linked	O
to	O
one	O
mainframe	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Architecture
Cybersyn	I-Architecture
was	O
based	O
on	O
viable	O
system	O
model	O
theory	O
approach	O
to	O
organizational	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
innovative	O
technology	O
at	O
its	O
time	O
:	O
it	O
included	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
telex	B-Application
machines	O
(	O
Cybernet	O
)	O
in	O
state-run	O
enterprises	O
that	O
would	O
transmit	O
and	O
receive	O
information	O
with	O
the	O
government	O
in	O
Santiago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
a	O
sophisticated	O
operations	O
room	O
(	O
Opsroom	O
)	O
would	O
provide	O
a	O
space	O
where	O
managers	O
could	O
see	O
relevant	O
economic	O
data	O
,	O
formulate	O
feasible	O
responses	O
to	O
emergencies	O
,	O
and	O
transmit	O
advice	O
and	O
directives	O
to	O
enterprises	O
and	O
factories	O
in	O
alarm	O
situations	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
telex	B-Application
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
military	O
coup	O
on	O
September	O
11	O
,	O
1973	O
,	O
Cybersyn	B-Architecture
was	O
abandoned	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
operations	O
room	O
was	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
name	O
in	O
English	O
(	O
Cybersyn	B-Architecture
)	O
is	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
the	O
words	O
cybernetics	O
and	O
synergy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
offering	O
advice	O
,	O
he	O
left	O
most	O
of	O
his	O
other	O
consulting	O
business	O
and	O
devoted	O
much	O
time	O
to	O
what	O
became	O
Project	B-Architecture
Cybersyn	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Gustavo	O
Silva	O
(	O
executive	O
secretary	O
of	O
energy	O
in	O
CORFO	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
telex	B-Application
machines	O
helped	O
organize	O
the	O
transport	O
of	O
resources	O
into	O
the	O
city	O
with	O
only	O
about	O
200	O
trucks	O
driven	O
by	O
strike-breakers	O
,	O
lessening	O
the	O
potential	O
damage	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
40,000	O
striking	O
truck	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
500	O
unused	O
telex	B-Application
machines	O
bought	O
by	O
the	O
previous	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
of	O
telex	B-Application
machines	O
,	O
called	O
Cybernet	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
operational	O
component	O
of	O
Cybersyn	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
regularly	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Allende	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
for	O
Cybersyn	B-Architecture
was	O
called	O
Cyberstride	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
Bayesian	O
filtering	O
and	O
Bayesian	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cybersyn	B-Architecture
first	O
ran	O
on	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
360/50	I-Device
,	O
but	O
later	O
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
a	O
less	O
heavily	O
used	O
Burroughs	B-Language
3500	I-Language
mainframe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ops	O
room	O
used	O
Tulip	O
chairs	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
American	O
science	O
fiction	O
TV	O
show	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
,	O
although	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
designers	O
,	O
the	O
style	O
was	O
not	O
influenced	O
by	O
science	O
fiction	O
movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
scientist	O
Paul	O
Cockshott	O
and	O
economist	O
Allin	O
Cottrell	O
referenced	O
Project	B-Architecture
Cybersyn	I-Architecture
in	O
their	O
1993	O
book	O
Towards	O
a	O
New	O
Socialism	O
,	O
citing	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
for	O
their	O
own	O
proposed	O
model	O
of	O
computer-managed	O
socialist	O
planned	O
economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
authors	O
presented	O
a	O
case	O
to	O
defend	O
the	O
feasibility	O
of	O
a	O
planned	O
economy	O
aided	O
by	O
contemporary	O
processing	O
power	O
used	O
by	O
large	O
organizations	O
such	O
as	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
Walmart	O
and	O
the	O
Pentagon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
authors	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
question	O
whether	O
much	O
can	O
be	O
built	O
on	O
Project	B-Architecture
Cybersyn	I-Architecture
in	O
particular	O
,	O
specifically	O
,	O
"	O
whether	O
a	O
system	O
used	O
in	O
emergency	O
,	O
near	O
–	O
civil	O
war	O
conditions	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
country	O
—	O
covering	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
enterprises	O
and	O
,	O
admittedly	O
,	O
only	O
partially	O
ameliorating	O
a	O
dire	O
situation	O
—	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
in	O
times	O
of	O
peace	O
and	O
at	O
a	O
global	O
scale	O
"	O
especially	O
as	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
never	O
completed	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
military	O
coup	O
in	O
1973	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
economic	O
reforms	O
by	O
the	O
Chicago	O
Boys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chilean	O
science	O
fiction	O
author	O
Jorge	O
Baradit	O
published	O
a	O
Spanish-language	O
science	O
fiction	O
novel	O
Synco	B-Architecture
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
defence	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
former	O
operations	O
manager	O
of	O
Cybersyn	B-Architecture
Raul	O
Espejo	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
the	O
safeguard	O
against	O
any	O
technocratic	O
tendency	O
was	O
precisely	O
in	O
the	O
very	O
implementation	O
of	O
CyberSyn	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
required	O
a	O
social	O
structure	O
based	O
on	O
autonomy	O
and	O
coordination	O
to	O
make	O
its	O
tools	O
viable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
 [ ... ] 	O
Of	O
course	O
politically	O
it	O
was	O
always	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
information	O
technologies	O
for	O
coercive	O
purposes	O
however	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
a	O
different	O
project	O
,	O
certainly	O
not	O
SYNCO	B-Architecture
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2014	O
essay	O
for	O
The	O
New	O
Yorker	O
,	O
technology	O
journalist	O
Evgeny	O
Morozov	O
argued	O
that	O
Cybersyn	B-Architecture
helped	O
pave	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
and	O
anticipated	O
how	O
Big	O
Tech	O
would	O
operate	O
,	O
citing	O
Uber	B-Application
's	O
use	O
of	O
data	O
and	O
algorithms	O
to	O
monitor	O
supply	O
and	O
demand	O
for	O
their	O
services	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radio	O
Ambulante	O
podcast	O
covered	O
some	O
history	O
of	O
Allende	O
and	O
the	O
Cybersyn	B-Architecture
project	O
in	O
their	O
2019	O
episode	O
"	O
The	O
Room	O
That	O
Was	O
A	O
Brain	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
