fernando_flores_association_stafford_beer [ProjectsISSS]

1971-1973
Fernando Flores started as an engineering, and a member of a group who helped to elect Allende
As a summer job, was working on a project related to Sigma, where Stafford Beet was working.
Project Cybersyn, of which Flores was the political direction
Idea to make the Chilean state-run government available online
11 levels of recursion design, four made operational
Flores is now a senator in Chile
Was in prison under the Pinochet government, released with the help of Amnesty International
Went to Berkeley, studies under John Searle

2008/03/28: Steve Haeckel pointed out an article: Alexei Barrionuevo, “Before ’73 Coup, Chile Tried to Find the Right Software for Socialism”, New York Times, March 28, 2008, accessed at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/world/americas/28cybersyn.html