Kevin Cox·1d agoHow Community Wealth Building and Cellular Economics Put Ashby’s Law to WorkCellular Economics starts from the idea that the people who use, maintain and invest in an asset should be able to change how it is run. A…
In31side·3d agoTHE SECOND DERIVATIVE: A Manifesto of Categorical Obsolescence and the Annihilation of Substrate…“The system operated flawlessly, in strict compliance with all deployment protocols and risk controls. Yet, it was optimizing against a…
InNeo-CyberneticsbyDaniele Nanni·5d agoStafford Beer’s Experiment: Steering an Economy by FeedbackIn 1971 a British cybernetician offered Allende’s government a way to manage a national economy by feedback. What they built, and what…
InNeo-CyberneticsbyDaniele Nanni·Nov 3A Few Days Without Help: A Cybernetician’s Guide to the Zombie ApocalypseWhat would a cybernetician pack, and what would they do once the supplies run out? A four-day scenario with a quiz you can take as you…
InNeo-CyberneticsbyDaniele Nanni·Nov 2Why the Founder of Cybernetics Refused to Help Automate the FactoryNorbert Wiener turned down a corporation that wanted his help with automatic machines, and wrote to the car workers’ union instead. His…A response icon1A response icon1
InNeo-CyberneticsbyDaniele Nanni·Nov 1In 1956, Ross Ashby Showed How to Study a Machine You Cannot OpenModern AI labs face the same problem. When is watching from outside enough, and when do we need to look in?
Robert Schryvers ChT·Oct 22The DJI Ban: A Cybernetic AnalysisThe DJI ban is an interesting example of a government attempting to change the behaviour of a complex economic system through regulatory…
ettru·Oct 20The Mystery Beneath the Decayabandoned implants awaken, machines evolve, and a goblin mechanic uncovers a mystery that could change humanity's future forever.