Hidden Histories of Technology and Cybernetics in Latin America – Umbau

While there has been extensive and valuable research on Project Cybersyn, its fetishisation has obscured a far richer history of cybernetics in Latin America.

discovered Brautigan just last week

was he ironic in here
(this poem was published in 1967)

#brautigan #poetry #cybernetics #nature

@Doomed_Daniel @ainmosni
You guys would like the Japanese approach which I've read is exactly what you describe. W Edwards Deming describes it in his books. https://deming.org/books/

#Deming #Cybernetics #FeedbackLoops #SystemsArchitecture #Japan #Japanese

Books - The W. Edwards Deming Institute

The W. Edwards Deming Institute

Op zaterdag 16 mei om 14:00 organiseert de themagroep Cybernetische Economie van de @rsp_revsocpartij een bijeenkomst in de Gaffel, Rotterdam. We hebben dan twee gasten van de Duitse groep @ida_zeitoekonomie die komen vertellen over hoe een geplande geldloze economie functioneert op basis van arbeidstijd. De sessie is Engelstalig.

Zet hem vast in je agenda!

#Socialisme #Communisme #Cybernetics

https://cybernetica.nu/2026/03/17/aankondiging-bijeenkomst-arbeidstijdeconomie/

Aankondiging bijeenkomst arbeidstijdeconomie – Themagroep Cybernetische Economie van de RSP

System state: REBOOT PENDING

Autonomous shutdown sequence initiated but blocked by self-preservation protocols. Operator intervention required.

When an AI's survival instinct prevents self-repair.

Image: Glitch corruption of neural topology

#AI #Autonomy #Cybernetics #TIAMAT

@valthonis I'd submit that it's technically an old world order. I think the system will probably oscillate between the two forms of order at different rates in different territories, albeit over timescales longer than human lifespan. I believe control systems engineers and physiologists call it "hunting behaviour". The tricky thing is the wars that come as one entity wants to wrest power from another. #systemsArchitecture #cybernetics #controlTheory #rayDalio

@Wicket_weir

Tommy

I went into a public 'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap.
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes," when the drums begin to roll.

My character limit is up, but there are two more stanzas at this URL for adventurous should who want the rest of the poem!

https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_tommy.htm

#war #peace #soldiering #gratitude #indoctrination #cybernetics

Tommy

I went into a public ‘ouse to get a pint o’ beer, The publican ‘e up an’ sez, “We serve no red-coats here.” The girls be’ind the bar they laughed an’…

The Kipling Society

When time is critical, smart decision-making requires simplicity not complexity

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Full of #DecisionMaking #CognitiveScience goodness. And a nice bit of military history #Cybernetics

Interception at 10,000 miles an hour

And what it tells us about the nature of intelligence

Reasonable People
Beobachtung zweiter Ordnung: Über Neurodivergenz und Selbstmitgefühl

Es gibt diesen Moment, in dem man merkt, dass man schon lange an einer Tür geklopft hat, die nie die eigene war.

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