Most philosophy seems to be centered on one of 2 things: survival or self-actualization. Almost all non-religious philosophy is centered on the latter. Darwinism (as a philosophy) and existentialism are the only major philosophies of survival that I can think of. Any others?
It's not really grokkable without the talk track. And yes, that's kinda what happened. Gleick has a good critical take on Wiener in the opening chapters of 'The Information' which I largely agree with. See also Fred Turner 'Network Celebrity' https://fredturner.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/Turner-Larson-Network-Celebrity-PC-2015.pdf …
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I have some sympathy for the motives that draw people to cybernetics. They're honest, even if too hedehoggy for my tastes (which is a matter of epistemic style rather than epistemic merit). My problem with the field is simply that it doesn't actually work as a field.
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That would be correct. It would not be wrong to treat the very coining of the term as a sort of land grab by Wiener. Like a patent troll or something.
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