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0 pointsbob10291y ago0 comments

> The field is named after an example of circular causal feedback—that of steering a ship (the ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs)...

Now that name makes a lot more sense to me.

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Which is also the root of the word 'government', so a government agent is doubly cybernetic in a sense

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0 pointsbob10291y ago0 comments

> The field is named after an example of circular causal feedback—that of steering a ship (the ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs)...

Now that name makes a lot more sense to me.

Which is also the root of the word 'government', so a government agent is doubly cybernetic in a sense

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