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> I'd love to hear about examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn

> The principal architect of the system was British operations research scientist Stafford Beer, and the system embodied his notions of management cybernetics in industrial management. One of its main objectives was to devolve decision-making power within industrial enterprises to their workforce to develop self-regulation of factories.

> Project Cybersyn was ended with Allende's removal and subsequent death during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. After the coup, Cybersyn was abandoned and the operations room was destroyed.

Yes, it's that Stafford Beer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...



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