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Programmed to Fail - 3. Systems Analysis

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The Importance of Diversity in Technology Development

Armin Alchin, not an engineer but an economist, led the debates within Rand about the proper role of systems analysis. Colblum believed that Rand's undertaking of such a task would not be consistent with his institution's fundamental mission for the Air Force. After the war, Alchin took a job teaching economics at UCLA. It just so happened that Rand also opened up a few miles away in Santa Monica.

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