I found Wiener’s writings on the topic of cybernetics meshing with society a pivotal piece in understanding the role of human information processing. The ideology propagated in contemporary practice of revolutionary thought processing has come down to the basic understanding that without an initial catalyst, there wouldn’t be a progression of thought. Wiener’s example of sensors and the repetition of motion illicit the readers interest in his notion of an ‘ether’ and the process of ‘taping’. These two rather simple processes are used as a sort of appliqué towards his use of the term ‘kinesthetic sense’ later in the piece. Combining Wiener’s sequential “if, than’s”, it is clear to see that information processing revolves around a series of interchanging variables and not on a static environment.
09.23.2015