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1. Viable System Model This lens is dedicated to exploring the work of Stafford Beer and the development of his Viable Systems Model (VSM). It is especially concerned with the applicaton of cybernetics to the field of organizational design, management and control. &nbs...
2. A Cybernetics Library Over the years I've accumulated a small library (<~4000 volumes)... among these are many fine books on Cybernetics, General Systems Theory, and Systems Thinking.... Some of the books that should be considered for any 'serious' cybernetics library...
3. Cybernetics A simple view of Cybernetics is as the science of communications and control in animal and machine. Cybernetics, and the related domain of systems science , is the study all forms of "organized complexity", that is how different components...
4. POSIWID - The Purpose of a System is what it Does POSIWID (the purpose of the system is what it does) is a way of thinking about complex systems, giving us a different perspective on a range of social and political issues. When we understand the complex loops that maintain the status quo, we are be...
5. General Systems Theory The notion of a system may be seen as simply a more self-conscious and generic term for the dynamic interrelatedness of components. (Von Bertalanffy)General Systems Theory is closely related to Cybernetics... this lens concentrates on the former but...
6. Second Order Cybernetics Second order Cybernetics considers the impact that the observer has on the system being observed.... as such it covers all most all aspects of human endeavor. In effect, those involved in second order cybernetics have turned the principles of cybernet...
7. Cyborgs & Androids A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, that is an organism which adds to or enhances its abilities by using technology. An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior. Get your own Cyborg Name!
8. Cyborg Identity If you have ever wondered about the identity of a cyborg you may be surprised to find out that they are all around us. In my discussion, I attempt to unveil these illusive creatures and open up their world. As you will find out, cyborg identity can b...
9. Outcome Relationship Modelling So often we think in blinkered terms, linear cause and effect: "If this happens, then this, then this." This thinking and discussing down one line of causation leaves us vulnerable to unexpected consequences when we act on the real world. There has...
10. Cyber Self Developement Think Rich Self developement check this out This is four books in the field of self development with three bonus videos. The four books are the ones that since they were published all subsequent books on self development are based on them in other words they...
11. Anthropocybernetics Macro-Anthropocybernetics - Human cybernetics as they affect social systems. Micro-Anthropocybernetics  - Human cybernetics in their application to human individuals.
12. Macroscope "The macroscope is unlike other tools. It is a symbolic instrument made of a number of methods and techniques borrowed from very different disciplines. It would be useless to search for it in laboratories and research centers, yet countless peo...
13. Cybernetics: History and Biographies This lens details with the development of Cybernetics (and to a lesser extent General Systems Theory) and the early research and philosophies of the founders of the disciplines.
14. Applied Cybernetics Cybernetics, the science of communication and control in animal and machine has found practical application in almost all fields of human social endeavor as well as the physical sciences. This lens is a view of other Squidoo lenses that deal with spec...