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Medium is The Flesh

Ahmet Atıf Akın

The term cybernetics has it roots in the Greek word for kubernetes (steersman) or “governor”, and Norbert Wiener’s, use of it suggests how people interact with machines through a controlling device, such as a steering mechanism. Wiener is a mathematician, and electrical engineer and communication specialist, famous with his derivation of the word “cybernetics” together with Arture Rosenleuth in 1948, in his book of the same title. According to his definition all activities like driving a car, passing through an automatic door, or clicking with the mouse are cybernetic activities. Cybernetic systems more...