Russell, Bertrand
Russell, Kenn
SAKI. See Self Adaptive Keyboard Trainer (SAKI)
SAM machine,
Samuel Fox Steel Company
Santa Fe Institutenn–n
Sarabhai, Giran
scanningnn
schizophrenia
Ashby's research onn
Bateson's research on
double bind problem andnnn
drug treatment for
Huxley on
Laing's therapy approach
Philadelphia communities' approach to
"rumpus room" experiment
visionary quality of
Schöffer, Nicolasn
science, philosophy ofnnn–
science fictionn
biological computers in
"tortoises" in
Scientific American,
scientific observer
Scott, Bernard
Scott, Jamesnn
See kinstallationn
self
Ashby's understanding of
Bateson's research on
concept in cybernetics
as exceedingly complex system
Laing's research on
role in modernity
sixties counterculture and
Zen concept ofnn–
See also decentering of self; technologies
of the self
Self Adaptive Keyboard Trainer (SAKI), ,nn–n
Self and Others (Laing)
self-directing missiles
Sengstan
sensory deprivation tanksn
September terrorist attacks
servo mechanisms
adaptive
brain and
definedn
Forrester's work on
production automation and
as regulators
strangeness and lifelike qualities of
theory of
types of
See also homeostats; "tortoises," robot
shamanism
Shannon, Claudenn
Sherwood, S. L.n
Shipton, Harold "Shippy,"
shock therapies. See alsoelectroshock
Shorter, E.nn
Shubik, Martinn
siddhis, n
Sigal, Clancynn
sigma, Trocchi's concept ofnn
SIGMA firmn
Silverman, Juliann
Simon, Herbert
simplicity within complexity, discovery of
SIMTOS n
situated knowledge concept n
Situationist International group nn
sixties and counterculture n
Bateson's activities
biofeedback and
cybernetics and
educational experiments in
flicker and
happenings and performance artnn
lack of achievements inn
Laing's activities
mating robots in n
New Age movement and
power relations and
psychiatry and
psychoactive drugs in
Trocchi's activities
Slant (Bear)
sleep therapy n
cybernetic equivalent
Smythies, Johnnnnn
social asymmetry, cybernetics and
social engineering concept
social organization, system models for. See also team syntegrity; viable system model (VSM)
social planning, cybernetics and
social sciences n
Society for Psychical Research n
Solartron Electronic Group
Sommerville, Ian
Sonnabend, Yolandan n
Sorcerer's Apprentice analogy n
Soviet Union, cybernetics research in n
Soyinka, Wole
Spacecraft (Musica Elettronica Viva Group)
"spiritual engineering,"
spirituality, cybernetics and
affinities between
Ashby's views on nn–
Bateson's views on
Beer's views onn
earthy quality of n
ecstasy and
Laing, R. D.
madness and
Pask, G.
sixties counterculture andnnn–
Walter, W. G.
See also Buddhism; Christianity; Eastern r
eligions and cultures
Squee robotn
Stafford Beer: A Personal Memoir(Whittaker)
Stark, Davidn
Starks, S. L.n
state-determined system
Steadman, Sallie
steam-engine governorn
Steiner, Caroln
Stelarcn
Stengers, Isabellenn
step-function values
Steps to an Ecology of Mind (Bateson)
Stewart, D. J.n
Stewart, R. M.
strange performances and altered states
Beer and nn–
"Black Box" idea and n
cybernetics and
Esalen Institute and n
films about n
flicker and
madness and
meditation and
research on nn–n
sixties and
synesthesia and n
types of n
See also technologies of the self; specific types
strobe lightsn. See also flicker
Studio International, nn–nn
Sufism
Sullivan, Harry Stack
surveillance, cybernetics andnn
Suzuki, David T.
symmetric approaches
adaptive coupling and
to architectural design
in arts
of Beer
democracy of
feedback flicker and
homeostats andnn
of Musicolour machine
performative adaptation and
power and
to psychiatry
reciprocal vetoing
sixties counterculture and
social feedback and
Synchon
synesthesiann.
See also strange performances
and altered states
syntegrity, teamnn–
Syntegrity Groupn
synthesizersnn
System Research n nnn
systems theory.
See also exceedingly complex
systems
tae-kwon-do
Talking Heads
tantric yogan
Targ, Russelln
Teachings of Don Juan, The (Castaneda)
Team Decision System (TDS)n
team syntegrity
technologies of the self
adaptive architecture and
Ashby's understanding of
biofeedback as
Burroughs's "Switchboard" creationn
drugs and nn
flicker and
meditation and n
Planetary Collegium and
psychoactive drugs and
sensory deprivation tanks n
sixties counterculture and
strange performances and nn
surrender of control and n
theater and
yogic breathing n
Teitelbaum, Richard n
Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE)
telepathyn
television, scanning mechanism in
Templeborough Rolling Mills
"temporal emergence" concept
Tenney, James
terrorism
Thalès, n
theater
happenings and performance art n
interactive
Musicolour lighting system
Pask's cybernetic,
sixties counterculture
"Theatre of Cruelty,"
Theatre Union
Theatre Workshop
theory of everything, cybernetics as n
the
osophy
thermostats n
theta rhythms, brain n
Thinking by Machine: A Study of Cybernetics
(Ashby)
Thorndike, E.
Thorne, Elsie Maud
Thoughtsticker, ,n
Thousand Plateaus, A (Deleuze and Guattari)
time and temporality
Ashby's views onn
cybernetics and
Timemagazine
Toffler, Alvinn
"tortoises," robot, ,
actions of, , nn–
as adaptive mechanisms
behaviors of
"Black Box" ontology
brain of,
commercialization of
CORA addition to
descendants of
described
emergent properties of
fixed goals of
hobbyist character of
homeostats contrasted with
influence ofn
madness induced in
mating dance, ,
mirror dance, ,
as models of brain
as not-brains
ontology of
performative engagement of
in popular culture
salvaged surplus components in
scanning behavior
"world" of
"Tortue de Vienne et les Autres Travaux, La"
(Zemanek)
Toward a Rational Society (Habermas)
Townshend, Peten
Toyton, Norman,
training and teaching machines, cybernetic
CASTE
Eucrates
military applications
Musicolour
SAKI nn–n
Thoughtstickern
trancenn. See also
strange performances and altered
states
transcendental statesn.
See also meditation
trepanningn
trial-and-error process
Trocchi, Alexandernn
Trocco, F.n
Truss, Joe
Tschumi, Bernhardn
Tudor, David
turbulence, studies of
Turing, Alann
Two Accounts of a Journey through Madness
(Barnes and Berke)
: A Space Odyssey (film)
U2
Ulrich, Wernern
ultrastable machines
United Nationsnn
United Steel
University of Bradfordn
University of Bristoln
University of Illinois Biological Computer
Laboratorynn
University of Readingn
urban planning,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Uttley, Albertn
Varela, Francisconnnn
Varieties of Religious Experience ( James)
Vaucanson, Jacques de
Vedas
Verbeek, L.n
viable system model (VSM) of organization, ,–nn–
applied to Chilean government
applied to international relations
concept's origin and development
as diagnostic tool
goals and
goals of
Great Chain of Being and
human nervous system as model for, ,
influence of
key elements of
ontology and epistemology of
political critique of
politics of
as representational model
Ulrich's critique of
Villa , Shenley Hospitalnn
Vinkenoog, Simon
visions. See also strange perfor-
mances and altered states
Waldrop, M.nn–
Walker, Craytonn
Walking City,
Wallace, R. A.
Wallwork, S. C.n
Walter, W. Grey, ,–,
Ashby and
BBC appearance
Beer influenced by
CORA circuit
critique of work
The Curve of the Snowflake (Further Outlook), nnn
cybernetics approach of
cybernetics as hobby for
cybernetics described by
EEG research
first name not used by
as first-generation cybernetician
flicker and
head injury
"An Imitation of Life,"
influence of research
life and career
The Living Brain, nn
neurophysiology research ofnn
Parr andn
"Presentation,"
Ratio Club and
research on flicker
robot "tortoises" built by, ,n
Scientific American article
spirituality and
strange performances discussed by
synesthesia studied byn
writers influenced by
writings of
warfare, cybernetics andnnn
Warren, W. J. "Bunny," n
Watkins, Jesse
Watts, Alann
Watts, Tonyn
Way of Zen, The (Watts)
Weakland, John
Web of Life, The(Capra)n
Wedgewood-Benn, Anthonyn
Weibel, Petern
Wells, Oliver
Wenner-Grenn Foundation
Whitehead, Alfred North
Whittaker, David
Whole Earth Catalog, The,–
Wiener, Norbert,
Ashby andn
Bateson andn
Cybernetics; or, Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, nn
"cybernetics" coined by
cybernetics research ofnn
homeostat described by
The Human Use of Human Beings,
Pask and
Sorcerer's apprentice analogyn
wartime work
weapons research ofnnnn
writings of
Willats, Stephenn
Wilson, Colinnn
Wilson, Harold
Wisdom of the Body, The (Cannon)n
Wolfe, Tom
Wolff, Christiann
Wolfram, Stephen
commercial workn
complexity research ofn
mathematical researches ofn
A New Kind of Science,
social basis of work
Wolfram Research
Woodard, Davidn
workplace production, cybernetics and
yantras. See mandalas
yogan. See also tantric yoga
yogic breathingn
yogis and fakirs, feats ofn.
See also strange performances and altered
states
Zeidner, Josephn
Zemanek, Heinznn
Zen koansn
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologien
Zone of the Interior (Sigal)
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