(or Proyecto Synco ) was a pioneering attempt to manage a national economy using a computer network in 1970s Chile. Developed under President Salvador Allende and British cyberneticist Stafford Beer, it aimed to create a "real-time" decision-support system to coordinate the newly nationalized industries of the socialist government. Core Vision and Goals
: The goal was to replace slow, monthly bureaucratic reports with daily updates from factories to detect and resolve issues instantly. The Four Pillars of the System
: Stafford Beer applied his Viable System Model (VSM) to the state, viewing the economy as a living organism with a "nervous system".
The project was built around four distinct technical modules: