Whether you call it Social Media or Consumer Generated Content, there’s no debate over the accelerating popularity of Internet sites and forums where consumers share opinions and experiences about every product and service imaginable. From blogs and podcasts to wikis and social networks, social media allows consumers to rate and review products, advise fellow consumers, and even make their ow…
Steve Heims presents to us a historical account of the series of conferences, supported by the Macy foundation and held between 1946 and 1953, that dealt with what would eventually be called cybernetics. He approached the topic as an outsider –as a physicist–, with an interest awakened during the Vietnam War era, to "gain a broader perspective on the practice of the sciences and the direct…