Cybernetics saves the souls, bodies, and material possessions from the gravest dangers.
—Socrates according to Plato, c. 400 B.C.E.
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I am drawn to mass networks that converge. Conscious or not, humans are drawn to connection. Unless there is an internal disturbance, a darkness.
It’s as if I am destined for a congealed singularity, an idea that makes sense of existential meaning. I think every attempt I’ve made to diverge only draws me closer to a center.
“The avalanche effects of employing automatic control in the production of goods were not all obvious. Down on the factory floor, automatic control had the expected virtue of moderating high-powered energy sources as mentioned earlier. There was also an overall speeding up of things because of the continuous nature of automatic control. But those were relatively minor compared to a completely unexpected miracle of self-control circuits: their ability to extract precision from grossness.”
Chapter 7: Emergence of Control 🡥
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is a study of systems, specifically how they function through communication, control, and feedback loops.
Response
it seems to expand into every nook of life