Elements of Control: An Introduction to Cybernetics with Nick (Patreon)

Welcome back to the Lost Cyberhighway, where friend of the show Nick Travaglini joins us to discuss the history of the Cybernetics movement, its core concepts, and its cultural and technical impact today. We'll be discussing some of the key thinkers of the field such as Shannon, Wiener, and von Neumann in their historical context of the burgeoning cold war. Additionally we'll also cover feedback loops, systems theory, constructivism, and the legacy of the image of a cybernetic future in the popular as well as communist imagination.

"Cybernetics and Second-Order Cybernetics": chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Papers/Cybernetics-EPST.pdf

Nick's cybernetics and systems reading group: https://discord.gg/ECcpB38A