@Vilageidiotx I agree with you that a sufficiently advanced computer might be able to do the job. Personally I put my money on a self learning algorithm. Something like AlphaGo.
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3) Prices. Prices are a perfect way to signal supply and demand. It is impossible for a central planner to determine the preferences of each individual in a nation...but free pricing can.
Horacio growled at the show of violence from Vitruvia, what in the throne's name was the madwoman doing? For all he knew she was possessed by daemons after the event; it was certainly how she was behaving. In his opinion what she did warranted an execution and excommunication.