I mean, we have not tried it with modern computers… and he Soviets never even got close as the technology to see literally every non-black market transaction has only existed for a decade or so. Not saying I want to live in 1980s style Soviet bureaucracy (or weird modern Chinese mixed system) - but that doesn’t mean we can’t do immeasurably better than those systems.
I am not sure “8 billion Turing machines” is intrinsically more efficient or accurate than “one really fast one.”
Also, worth mentioning that you would sell your wedding ring in a heartbeat if you needed to pay for food/healthcare/etc. Sentimental value is important you’re right, but in my experience (maybe not yours which is fair) - when the chips are down you do what you have to do to survive. The problem is, in the current system we value human life less and than market equilibrium, and that’s silly. We could feed every starving person on the planet… several times over… but we don’t because it’s not profitable. That’s objectively stupid.
> I mean, we have not tried it with modern computers
Sure, but considering all the information you'd need to compute (I'd argue we're close but probably not there yet), is this okay? Are there disadvantages to this data collection? Do these downsides outweigh the upsides? I feel like these conversations are so difficult because everyone comes in with certain assumptions, assumes others have them (even if explicitly stated otherwise), or are dismissive of any other concerns. We need to be on the same page to have real conversations.
I am not sure “8 billion Turing machines” is intrinsically more efficient or accurate than “one really fast one.”
Also, worth mentioning that you would sell your wedding ring in a heartbeat if you needed to pay for food/healthcare/etc. Sentimental value is important you’re right, but in my experience (maybe not yours which is fair) - when the chips are down you do what you have to do to survive. The problem is, in the current system we value human life less and than market equilibrium, and that’s silly. We could feed every starving person on the planet… several times over… but we don’t because it’s not profitable. That’s objectively stupid.