From: John K Clark (jonkc@att.net)
Date: Sat Nov 16 2002 - 11:15:52 MST
"Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> Wrote:
> There seems to be a fundamental assumption in the libertarian perspective
> that there can *never* be a computer/algorithm sufficiently complex that
> it can optimize both local and global conditions (i.e. squeeze the
> waste and redundancy out of the economy).
> Given the Moore's Law advancement in computational capacity that will
> soon shift over onto the nanotech based track giving us 1 cm^3 computers
> with the capacity of 10^5 human minds -- I *really* have to question
> whether local (personal) decisions will always trump global (planned)
> decisions.
We're a long way from being able to model even one person on a computer and
you're talking about figuring out how billions of them interact, and that
doesn't even count the weather, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and lots of
other stuff that can effect an economy. Moore's Law is no help because it
works both ways, the individuals in the economy will be getting smarter and
more complex too.
John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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