--- title: SimPolitics | daily.dev description: SimPolitics by Fenwick McKelvey is an MIT Press book tracing over six decades of history (1960s–1980s) in which programmers, academics, and political... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/simpolitics-i8jupsc6a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SimPolitics | daily.dev og:description: SimPolitics by Fenwick McKelvey is an MIT Press book tracing over six decades of history (1960s–1980s) in which programmers, academics, and political... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/simpolitics-i8jupsc6a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/i8jupsc6A.png og:image:alt: SimPolitics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SimPolitics **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SimPolitics by Fenwick McKelvey is an MIT Press book tracing over six decades of history (1960s–1980s) in which programmers, academics, and political scientists built computer simulations to win elections, predict coups, and model international relations. Drawing on archival research, it compares US domestic electoral simulations with international affairs modeling, revealing connections and conflicts between the two projects. The book also serves as a critical guide for evaluating today's exaggerated claims that AI and technology can fix politics. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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