Dr Paul Cockshott on Cybersocialism Nov 18th Dublin

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Left Forum Public Meeting: “Cybersocialism”

Left Forum public meeting on the subject of “Cybersocialism”, by Dr Paul Cockshott of University of Glasgow.

The talk will explore questions around how a centrally planned socialist economy could be realised using mathematical techniques supported by advanced information technology.

For anyone who read the novel “Red Plenty” this should be right up your street.

Time: 7:30pm, Tuesday 18 November

Place: Unite Hall, Middle Abbey St., Dublin 1

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3 Comments Dr Paul Cockshott on Cybersocialism Nov 18th Dublin

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  2. AvatarBob Haugen

    If anybody attends, I’d be interested to learn if Cockshott will address Cosma Shalizi’s criticisms again:
    http://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/919.html

    Not that I totally agree with Shalizi. I think the problem is solvable, just not all top-down or “optimal”. Not totally bottom-up, either, but the coordination needs to be bottom-up in reactive P2P feedback loops. (But that’s a longer discussion.)

    I also wonder if Cockshott understands what is being done now in advanced supply chains. I’m pretty Shalizi does not. (I don’t anymore either, I’m out of touch, but I knew what was being done and researched 20 years ago and it was enough to solve the problem. I’m pretty sure it is better now.)

  3. AvatarRobert Searle

    Yes, this is very interesting. It has some implications for my own evolving project on Transfinancial Economics. I believe Digital Innovation is the key to many things in the future.

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