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018 - The Cybernetic Brain, Part 1: Ontological Theatre

General Intellect Unit

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Stafford Beers: The Original Tech Bootstraps Entrepreneur

Stafford Beers was a British cybernetic consultant in the 1960s. He is considered to be one of the first tech bootstraps entrepreneurs. The book looks at how these careers progressed, but it's not clear if they were encouraged by society or just created on their own. It also shows that discipline wasn't reproduced through ongoing institutions such as companies and associations.

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