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- Title
Automatic for the People? Cybernetics and Left‐Accelerationism.
- Abstract
"Second-order" cybernetics, so the argument goes, is identified primarily with the very different culture of British cybernetics, as evinced in the work of Stafford Beer, Ross Ashby, and others. And yet, a careful examination of writings by the likes of Tiqqun or Châtelet demonstrate that they were generally aware of different currents in cybernetic thinking, but nevertheless argue that, whatever its ostensible methods and goals, second-order cybernetics promulgates a new regime of power and control that dovetails in many respects with the requirements of today's supercharged technocapitalism. "SECOND-ORDER" CYBERNETICS: CYBERSYN Especially with the benefit of hindsight, reviewing points raised by Lefebvre or Tiqqun regarding cybernetics, which we will have occasion to revisit below, brings what has become a relatively familiar perspective into sharper focus. Second, in British cybernetics we are witness to a renegade, anti-disciplinary eclecticism highly skeptical of the usual knowledge and organizational hierarchies, approximating what Deleuze and Guattari call "nomad science."[2] According to Pickering and others, then, if we are sensitive to the manifold histories of cybernetics on offer, military and managerial uses do not exhaust its considerable potential.
- Subjects
BUREAUCRACY; CYBERNETICS; NUDGE theory; DISCOURSE theory (Communication); COMPUTER operating systems; ARTIFICIAL intelligence
- Publication
Constellations: An International Journal of Critical & Democratic Theory, 2022, Vol 29, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
1351-0487
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-8675.12528