Rise of the Machines
the lost history of cybernetics
Seiten
2016
Scribe Publications (Verlag)
978-1-925228-85-4 (ISBN)
Scribe Publications (Verlag)
978-1-925228-85-4 (ISBN)
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A sweeping exploration of man’s relationship with machines, and the inventions and myths that shape our world.
As lives offline and online merge even more, it is easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines
reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, a control theory of man-and-machine and one of the twentieth century’s pivotal ideas.
Springing from the febrile mind of mathematician Norbert Wiener amid the devastation of World War II, the cybernetic vision underpinned a host of seductive myths of cyborgs, cyberculture, and cyberspace. Wiener’s scheme slowly transformed computers from machines of assured destruction to engines of brilliant utopias. Cybernetics, in turn, triggered blissful cults and martial gizmos, The Whole Earth Catalog, and the U.S. Air Force’s foray into virtual space. It continues to fuel
anarchists and cyberwarriors today.
Drawing on unpublished sources including interviews with hippies, anarchists, sleuths, and spies, Rise of the Machines offers an unparalleled perspective into our anxious embrace of technology.
As lives offline and online merge even more, it is easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines
reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, a control theory of man-and-machine and one of the twentieth century’s pivotal ideas.
Springing from the febrile mind of mathematician Norbert Wiener amid the devastation of World War II, the cybernetic vision underpinned a host of seductive myths of cyborgs, cyberculture, and cyberspace. Wiener’s scheme slowly transformed computers from machines of assured destruction to engines of brilliant utopias. Cybernetics, in turn, triggered blissful cults and martial gizmos, The Whole Earth Catalog, and the U.S. Air Force’s foray into virtual space. It continues to fuel
anarchists and cyberwarriors today.
Drawing on unpublished sources including interviews with hippies, anarchists, sleuths, and spies, Rise of the Machines offers an unparalleled perspective into our anxious embrace of technology.
Thomas Rid is Professor in Security Studies at King’s College London. He received his PhD from Humboldt University in Berlin, and worked for ten years in leading think tanks in Berlin, Paris, Washington and Jerusalem. He is the author of four books, including War and Media Operations (2007) and Cyber War Will Not Take Place (2013). He lives in London. Follow him at @RIDT.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.08.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | pp. b&w section |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-925228-85-1 / 1925228851 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-925228-85-4 / 9781925228854 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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