28 Jan
2010
28 Jan
'10
1:43 p.m.
Quoting Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net>:
I know, or think I know, Norbert Wiener coined the word cybernetics and wrote a book about it. Beyond that, I know Internet-related.
Yes, it was sort of nonlinear differential equation theory - with an emphasis on feedback, and applied to servomotors and such like, but later extrapolated to organizing things like society and governments. Marxixts loved the term, and I once worked in a computer center where everything was cyber-xxx, like cyberbotany. However, I havent heard the term applied ot the internet, and I think it has somewhat fallen out of favor and been forgotten. -hvm ------------------------------------------------- www.correo.unam.mx UNAMonos Comunicándonos