HUMA 2920 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Humberto Maturana, Digital Photography, Cybernetics
5 Jan 2017
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Wiener was a key figure in the foundation of a new scientific paradigm called cybernetics. Cybernetics stressed the role of both human beings and new computers developed during the war as processors of information. The cybernetic project was to forge a theory of communication and control, applying to systems that might include humans, animals and machines. 1st industrial revolution: centred upon the steam engine. 2nd industrial revolution: centred upon the early forms of the electronic mainframe digital computer. The invention of new technologies is conditioned by existing means . Wiener sees the 2nd revolution as a two-edged sword . (first page of chapter and page 18) First field to show the impact of the newtonian era were those of navigation and of clock-making. Clockmakers: who used the new mathematics of newton in the designs of their pendulums and balance wheels. 1st industrial revolution"s impacts: humanitarian (takes away use of animals and slaves for pumping out water from mines)
