⌜ktb⌟@kevinbakerIf you’re interested in the history of feedback thinking before cybernetics and digital computation, this is as good place to start. It treats servo engineering, etc, as more than just a prelude to cybernetics.

(1) ⌜ktb⌟ on Twitter: “If you’re interested in the history of feedback thinking before cybernetics and digital computation, this is as good place to start. It treats servo engineering, etc, as more than just a prelude to cybernetics. https://t.co/eSLqXt5bdI” / Twitter

Also noteworthy: “It’s one of the most important things I read in graduate school. Even though it’s about the prewar period, it really helps you understand the postwar engineering moment and and think beyond cybernetics’ imperial, universalizing project.” … “One of the core arguments is that the “engineering cultures” that developed during the interwar period weren’t subsumed by cybernetics. These cultures persisted, as did their distinctive ways of understanding feedback, system boundaries, etc.”