Started by Daniela Ruiz (@danielaruiz) ·
an economist built a computer that runs on water
Income, taxes, savings and imports are literally tanks and pipes. You turn valves to change policy and watch the money (colored water) slosh through the economy. He built the first one in a garage in 1949.
5 sources · 36 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- Can you model an economy with plumbing?
- Ended at
- Analog computer
The Trail
- “MONIAC phillips machine water computer” (youtube.com)
the clips of it running are hypnotic
- Phillips Machine (en.wikipedia.org)
- Bill Phillips (economist) (en.wikipedia.org)
was also a POW in WWII and built a secret radio in the camp. what a life
- Phillips curve (en.wikipedia.org)
- Analog computer (en.wikipedia.org)
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