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The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society by Norbert Wiener
4.0
I love it when I find a book written so long ago that has so much to say about things that are happening today. Often, we think, "This is something so new, that the only things written about it are just now being written."
Norbert Wiener was a mathmetician, but also much more than that. He explores automation and messaging topics that are very much relevant today.
I rarely, if ever, hear people talk about Cybernetics, a term he coined and at the center of the book. However, it's great to be reminded that the study of messaging and autmation has been going on for longer than we often remember.
How can automation be used to help? How can it be used to hurt? By exploring these topics, Wiener inspires the reader to think about old challenges in new ways. I hope more people read this book and think about the implications of automated news feeds and the people who control them, for one thing.
Norbert Wiener was a mathmetician, but also much more than that. He explores automation and messaging topics that are very much relevant today.
I rarely, if ever, hear people talk about Cybernetics, a term he coined and at the center of the book. However, it's great to be reminded that the study of messaging and autmation has been going on for longer than we often remember.
How can automation be used to help? How can it be used to hurt? By exploring these topics, Wiener inspires the reader to think about old challenges in new ways. I hope more people read this book and think about the implications of automated news feeds and the people who control them, for one thing.