lilypads are solar panels

If you want to know a rock, know the river that shaped it.

Cybernetics is the study of circular systems and feedback loops in man and machine. It studies “ecological, technological, biological, cognitive and social systems and also in the context of practical activities such as designing, learning, and managing.” Does that sound like literally everything to you? Interesting.

lilypads are solar panels

So is moss. Why is there moss here?

Why isn’t there moss here?

cybernetic ecology

We’ll look to “apply” cybernetics to the more-than-human world. ..

…seeking to understand “why” things are the way that they are, by understanding the conditions in the system around them.

These are water hyacinths. Why are they thicker over here?

What role do they fill in their environment? What do they contribute? What do they consume?

Why aren’t they over here?

We have decided to call the entire field of control and communication theory, whether in the machine or in the animal, by the name Cybernetics, which we form from the Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernetes) or steersman.

— Norbert Wiener, father of cybernetics

Consider cybernetics a martial art of the mind. By training this martial art, we can ask better questions and find deeper answers to build harmony in the human world and beyond.

Why are humans thicker here?

Why are humans thicker here?

Why are humans thicker here?

Why are humans thicker here?

Why are humans thicker here?

Why aren’t they over here?

read the spec: https://parthagrawal.com/cybernetics-lab