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Eden Medina: Cybernetic Revolutionaries (2014, MIT Press) 5 stars

Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. …

"Because technology is political, it must be recognized that [..]. new technologies will invariably constitute extensions of power and control," namely, of managers over workers. That such technologies "might be turned to humane ends is a dangerous delusion," he [David Noble] concluded.

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