There were almost two internets. Then, the CIA destroyed one

except cybersyn is hardly really an internetworking of peers? my understanding that it's more like a large top down multi-stage networm, ultimately designed to create one ultra-well-connected control room for a country.

There've been numerous previous discussions of Project Cybersyn. More are welcomed!

Project Cybersyn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn) 1 year ago -- 114 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24764727

Project Cybersyn, a 1971-73 Chilean Experiment in Computer-Assisted Economy (http://www.damninteresting.com/nineteen-seventy-three/) 9 years ago -- 67 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4682951

Cybersyn and Allende’s Semi-Automated Luxury Socialism (https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/cybersyn-and-a...) 2 years ago -- 105 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21673423

Project Cybersyn (1971) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn) 8 years ago -- 36 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7398245

Project Cybersyn: Socialism Through Cybernetics (http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/project-cybersyn/) 5 years ago -- 58 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12641425

Project Cybersyn: real-time computer control of a planned economy (1970-1973) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersyn) 12 years ago -- 33 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1190508

Project Cybersyn and the Origins of the Big Data Nation (2014) (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/planning-machi...) 1 month ago -- 39 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29930098

Project Cybersyn and the origins of the Big Data nation (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/planning-machin...) 7 years ago -- 13 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8417882

Project Cybersyn (2016) (https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/project-cybersyn/) 1 year ago -- 8 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24443238

... and a few others with < 8 comments.