The thesis focuses on the cybernetic project for socialist economic planning Synco in Chile between 1970 and 1973. It presents broader outlines of Chilean economic development at that time and a more focused insight into the evolution of the project itself. The thesis also explains cybernetics as the theoretical framework for the project, which is both scientific and ideological, because Synco is predominantly a reflection of one of the cybernetic currents that was led by Stafford Beer. The project is also analyzed with respect to its shortcomings and it is placed within the context of the events that lead to the violent downfall of the Popular Unity government.
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