The cybernetics scare and the origins of the Internet (2009)

Re:The cybernetics scare and the origins of the Internet (2009) by rbanffy on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:07AM (#28671541)

I found it interesting that Stafford Beer was only mentioned in the references section.

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Re:The cybernetics scare and the origins of the Internet (2009) by nanna on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:44AM (#28672102)

Since he had nothing to do with Soviet cybernetics or the invention of the US internet?

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Re:The cybernetics scare and the origins of the Internet (2009) by rbanffy on Monday September 27, 2021 @03:17PM (#28674848)

I somehow doubt his work was unknown in the Soviet Union, as he worked in the Cybersyn project in Chile, before the US-sponsored military coup ensured it'd not happen.

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