What fun, what fun
When hundreds of 999 calls came in from fans at the Download festival two years ago, the emergency services must have thought a disaster was unfolding at the three-day heavy metal gig in Leicestershire.
In fact, the calls were made automatically from smartwatches and other devices worn by fans because “the tech assumed that people in moshpits had been in a collision”, according to Leicestershire police.
Now the force is appealing to those attending the festival this weekend to turn their devices to airplane mode or disable emergency alerts to avoid unnecessary 999 calls.
But it does show the limits of a planned economy, doesn’t it? Who would have, could have, did, predict such a thing? Therefore there are effects of a thing which are not predictable. Some level of interactions which planning cannot deal with.
Thus a fully planned economy is not possible, is it? Which brings us back to where we alkl really are, which is well, how much should be planned and how much market? That my answer is, in order, “less and more” is fine etc, but it’s not something disproved by someone saying “more and less”. We’re all arguing over the where, not the whether….