So we are talking about linear programming a la operations research / industrial research / e g simplex? That would be wild if 1940s-50s OR fills in a key step to p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶l̶y̶ ̶e̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶l̶d̶ RSI (if that’s the subtext on the table here). Because then I guess if the world does end, it’s just one more world-ending technology we can blame on the 1940s-50s.