URST 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cybernetics, Social Physics
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Power logs: maps out the relationships between different observations. Social physics: being able to apply scientific principles to learn about cities (i. e. the size of cities, the relationship between people) "we are losing interest in the past at a faster rate" The difference between the past and the present is accelerating --> i. e. the watch and clock example. We are developing into the a new generation, leading to the diminishment of the past developments (e. g. the clock) Mirror worlds: reflects your life online, facilitated by networks (seen in. "find the best" compares multiple databases (e. g. even military contracts or satellites) There is a belief that free market is the best. The idea of free market is synonymous to free technology. Architecture of silicon valley has to be simple --> to ease change. The belief that computers and humans should work together --> the result is a hybrid species. We"ve already hit the point where technology is already smarter than humans.
