“When the computers developed, they would take over a good deal of the burden of the politicians, and sooner or later would also take over their power,”
― Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
― Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
“The future science of government should be called 'la cybernétique' (1843)
{Coining the French word to mean 'the art of governing,' from the Greek (Kybernetes = navigator or steersman), subsequently adopted as cybernetics by Norbert Wiener for the field of control and communication theory.}”
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{Coining the French word to mean 'the art of governing,' from the Greek (Kybernetes = navigator or steersman), subsequently adopted as cybernetics by Norbert Wiener for the field of control and communication theory.}”
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