Designing FreedomDistinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer states the case for a new science of systems theory and cybernetics. His essays examine such issues as The Real Threat to All We Hold Most Dear, The Discarded Tools of Modern Man, A Liberty Machine in Prototype, Science in the Service of Man, The Future That Can Be Demanded Now, The Free Man in a Cybernetic World. Designing Freedom ponders the possibilities of liberty in a cybernetic world. |
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The Disregarded Tools of Modern | |
A Liberty Machine in Prototype | |
Science in the Service of | |
The Future That Can Be Demanded | |
The Free Man in a Cybernetic World | |
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