The interesting question this begs is:

A computer with vast communications network, bringing up-to-the-minute information on the economy to facilitate centralized control was the goal of Allende's project.

However, is our current economy, highly sensitive to trends or fears, expedited and exagerated by the speed of cyber communications, any different?

With the centralization of information, won't this also inevitably result in the centralization of control?

The internet has long been seen as democratizing, but isn't it really a far more ideal tool for breaking down regionalism in favor of centralized global control?

(The Chinese Government certainly sees it that way... which is why I haven't been clipping for a little bit.)