
Why the Soviet Union Didn’t Build the Internet w/ Benjamin Peters
Tech Won't Save Us
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The Soviet Union and Its Planning Process
The soviet union had a planned economy. A lot of work went into crafting the five year plans and insuring that the economy was able to deliver, you know, the goods and things like that that people needed. But as you explained, the planning process certainly was not perfect. There were issues in that process. So can you talk a bit about the difficulties involved in planning soviet economy on the local, regional and national levels? Absolutely. I mean, i think the key point here is it's really a story about how we go about delegating demand and desire at the same time,. It's also a story about the technological supports that we use to navigate and negotiate those
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