These modernists aim to cultivate in readers the capacity to “think cybernetically”—that is, to develop strategies for responding in creative and generative ways to the 20th century’s complex sociocultural (and socio-technical) environment.
Tag: cybernetics
Retreat to Move Forward : Alleviating Allostatic Load for the Brave
By Christine Perakslis on October 9th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Last Word, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
We need our brains to adapt advantageously for ingenious design and development, especially as the time between stimulus and response becomes precariously pressurized.
Ikehara Collection: Norbert Wiener’s Japan Connections
By Heather Love on August 4th, 2017 in Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
A new archive of material added a new historical dimension to our discussions of cybernetics at the 2016 Norbert Wiener Conference in Australia.
Thinking Machines in the Physical World
By Arthur Winston on August 4th, 2017 in Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Arthur Winston addressed to attendees of the 2016 IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, Melbourne, Australia, held… Read More
Creating the Bionic Ear: The Central Role of Cybernetics
By Graeme Clarke on August 4th, 2017 in Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Graeme Clark is the inventor of the cochlear implant. He was the dinner Keynote Speaker at the 2016 Conference on… Read More
Speaking Out against Socially Destructive Technologies
By Katina Michael on July 28th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Norbert Wiener and the Call for Ethical Engagement Over the last century, the greatest acceleration of technological development has come… Read More
Brain Implants and Memory
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact
Heather M. Roff and Peter W. Singer [1] strikingly identify a problem for the next American president in the form… Read More
Reintroducing Wiener: Channeling Norbert in the 21st Century
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The arc of Norbert Wiener’s fascinating life became clear to us one day in the M.I.T. Institute Archives. In one… Read More
The Next Macy Conference: A New Interdisciplinary Synthesis
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles
The postwar period was one of intense interdisciplinary ferment, nowhere more so than at the famous Macy conferences on circular… Read More
Norbert Wiener: Odd Man Ahead
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
My childhood memories of Norbert Wiener are of a strange looking person who came repeatedly from his New Hampshire home… Read More
Creating The Norbert Wiener Media Project
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Mary Catherine Bateson in an interview from the 2014 Norbert Wiener Conference in Boston. In the early part of… Read More
How Not to Network a Nation
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet. By Benjamin Peters. M.I.T. Press, 2016, 312 pages. Reviewed by Loren Graham. … Read More
The Cybernetics Movement
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The Cybernetics Moment, Or Why We Call Our Age the Information Age. By Ronald R. Kline. Johns Hopkins University Press,… Read More