>’Cybernetics is defined as the study of “control and communication in the animal and the machine.” - [[Roszak, Theodore (1992) The Voice of the Earth]] Cybernetics, as defined by [[@Norbert Wiener]], should eventually be able to include every living and dead object within it’s theory, as long as all things are treated as ‘systems’. This idea added complexity to the old notions of mechanistic science. >’Following Wiener’s lead, there would soon be computer scientists on the scene asserting that human beings were “nothing but” information-processing instruments, perhaps one day to be replaced by superior forms of artificial intelligence.’ - [[@Theodore Roszak]] ## Sources: - [[Roszak, Theodore (1992) The Voice of the Earth]]