The Human Use of Human Beings
Norbert Wiener
5 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2010–2019.
What people on Hacker News said
An awesome transportation into 1950 MIT professor who calls out the problems of "progress" and explores communication in the neatest way. Everything he mentions is still a problem today!
re: Cybernetics, a better start is probably Wiener's The Human Use Of Human Beings: Cybernetics And Society
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