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Elements of Control: An Introduction to Cybernetics with Nick

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Feb 11, 2023
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First vs Second Order Cybernetics

  • First-order cybernetics models systems steering toward goals using feedback.
  • Second-order cybernetics reflexively models systems that model themselves, adding recursion and self-observation.
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Information As Steering Sense

  • Cybernetic systems treat information as central to steering toward goals by sensing both target and self-state.
  • Feedback lets the system update its model and correct course relative to goals.
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Function Over Structure Enables Translatability

  • Cybernetics abstracts operations between components rather than fixed structures, enabling cross-disciplinary isomorphisms.
  • That functional focus explains why anthropologists, neuropsychologists, and engineers can all use the same abstract models.
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