General Intellect Unit

018 - The Cybernetic Brain, Part 1: Ontological Theatre

Jul 4, 2018
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Adaptive Brain and Ontological Theatre by Stafford Beer
02:01 • 2min
3
The Adaptive Brain
03:54 • 2min
4
The History of Cybernetics
05:32 • 5min
5
The Origins of Cybernetics
10:06 • 4min
6
The Importance of Steeringmanship
14:11 • 3min
7
The Importance of Adaptive Technology
17:37 • 2min
8
The Asymmetry of Relationships in Psychiatry
19:11 • 2min
9
The Evolution of Cybernetics
21:21 • 2min
10
The Importance of Cybernetics in the 21st Century
23:37 • 3min
11
The Evolution of Cybernetics
26:18 • 2min
12
The Anti-Disciplinary Character of Cybernetics
27:59 • 2min
13
Stafford Beers: The Original Tech Bootstraps Entrepreneur
30:06 • 3min
14
The Cybernetic Brain
32:48 • 2min
15
The History of Cybernetics
35:06 • 2min
16
The Ontology of Cybernetics
37:21 • 4min
17
The Two Ways of Thinking About the Brain
41:16 • 3min
18
The Modern Ontology of Unknowability
44:30 • 2min
19
The Differences Between Cybernetics and the Black Box Theory
46:20 • 3min
20
The Vice Grip on Performance Over Knowledge
49:13 • 3min
21
Pickering Man
52:18 • 2min
22
The Ontology of Cybernetics
54:09 • 2min
23
The Importance of Representation in the World
56:23 • 2min
24
The Politics of Placed Knowledge
58:46 • 2min
25
The Rise of Ontology
01:00:56 • 2min
26
The Ontology of Epistemology
01:02:45 • 2min
27
Dewy: A Mindfuck
01:04:32 • 2min
28
The Hybrid Approach of Cyberneticians
01:06:05 • 2min
29
The Complexity of Cellular Automata
01:07:45 • 2min
30
The Impossibility of Control in Machine Learning
01:09:39 • 3min
31
The End of Modernity
01:12:54 • 2min
32
Cybernetics as Politics
01:14:27 • 2min
33
How to Navigate a World of Fast Complexity
01:16:21 • 2min