Started by Dmitri Kuznetsov (@dmitri_k) ·
the Soviet internet that never happened
Glushkov proposed a nationwide computer network to run the planned economy in the 60s. It died in ministry turf wars. Benjamin Peters' book title says it: 'How Not to Network a Nation'.
5 sources · 46 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “soviet internet ogas”
- Ended at
- Cybernetics in the Soviet Union
The Trail
- “soviet internet ogas” (google.com)
- OGAS (en.wikipedia.org)
- Victor Glushkov (en.wikipedia.org)
- Project Cybersyn (en.wikipedia.org)
Chile's version, with a very 70s control room
- Cybernetics in the Soviet Union (en.wikipedia.org)
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