Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History

Rudolph V. Dusek said the book is very well written and is particularly good on the relations to war (The author is a. Although the book is very well written and is particularly good on the relations to war (The author is a professor of War Studies.) as well as the counterculture. However, there are some surprising lacunae in the early story of cybernetics. The author . Sensational So much information arranged so that I could somewhat understand the developments in this field. Can't help but admire and appreciate the explorers of this field that shapes the world we live in today.. A thriller that is not fiction This is a superb book. Rich in detail, sweeping in scope, the author is always in complete control of his material. I knew many of the individual pieces of this story, but Rid place them all in an illuminating context. Well worth reading--and returning

It’s more than food for thought. FascinatingDazzling.” - Financial Times“Rid’s book offers a useful history as well as a chance to re-examine our current technological crossroads.” - Zeynep Tufekci, The New York Times Book Review“Rise of The Machines isn't just an insightful history of cybernetics but also a fascinating journey with the twentieth-century thinkersfrom tech giants and eccentric mathematicians to science fiction writers and coun

That “first cyberwar” went on for years-and indeed has never stopped. In the Bay Area, techno-libertarians embraced networked machines as the portal to a new electronic frontier. In our cybernetic future, the line between utopia and dystopia continues to be disturbingly thin.. As Rid shows, cybernetics proved a powerful tool for two competing factions-those who sought to make a better world and those who sought to control the one at hand. As lives offline and online merge, it's easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the story of cybernetics, a control theory of man and machine. This vision radically transformed the postwar world, ushering i

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