Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 21, 2020What’s something you care about and I probably don’t? Can you make me care in 1 tweet? 🤔44840
Sky@docentdemagogue·Nov 21, 2020Replying to @vgrModern computers were born out of “fire control devices” in ships in the early 20th century. These were mechanical computers that could do multi variable calculus to hit ships with long range guns given position, speed, fire angle, etc.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @docentdemagogueI’m a control engineer by training, so... a decade worth of demonstrated caring about this stuff. You may like this book which tells a more complete version of the story. Your version is largely Norbert Wiener myth-making. https://amazon.com/Between-Human-Machine-Cybernetics-Technology/dp/0801868955…7:05 PM · Nov 21, 20201 Like