[refurb]

Let’s say with data central planning is more tractable. What is the benefit? To make more items people should want? I mean capitalism does a pretty good job making things people do want.

And capitalism is highly distributed decision making. As we all know, top down decision making pretty much sucks no matter how much information they might have.

[phreeza]

> capitalism does a pretty good job making things people do want

This is a two-edged sword, because it also makes people want stuff that it can make.

[refurb]

Have a good example? I mean, the demand for relatively vacuous consumer goods was pretty strong in communist countries as well.