Computer-controlled socialist economy gets destroyed on 9/11... 1973

[mojuba]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn

[javanix]

Why was it necessary to put 9/11 in the title of this? I think knowing that the economy was computer-controlled was enough to get me to read it - I don't think the sensational title was really called for.

[sp332 → javanix]

It's an unusual coincidence, considering the World Trade Center was also destroyed on 9/11.

[javanix → sp332]

If anything it's a minor coincidence that the World Trade Center was destroyed precisely 28 years after a Chilean revolt.

The two events have absolutely nothing in common with one another other than sharing an arbitrary day and month of the year.

[sp332 → javanix]

They were both major centers of economic control.

[staticshock → sp332]

The fact that the year only has a mere 365 days has always been a boon to numerologists...

[mojuba → sp332]

Plus, whether it's a coincidence or not, one event overshadows the other - Pinochet's coup and destruction of one possible future of humanity (Edit: the USSR was having high hopes in relation to Cybersyn). Google for 9/11, you will see only one and not the other.

[nateberkopec]

"swivel chairs were considered the best for creativity"

This is so awesome in a Dr. Evil kind of way.

[sp332 → nateberkopec]

They look a bit like the captain's chair from Star Trek.