Second Order Cybernetics: Essays for Silicon Valley
This book is a collection of essays that covers the foundational principles of second-order cybernetics, exploring how observers or participants both impact and are impacted by the systems they observe.
Readers will explore and meditate on thought-provoking ideas such as understanding understanding, balancing autonomy and control, requisite variety, and viable systems. The essays cover key thinkers like Ross Ashby, Heinz von Foerster, Stafford Beer, and Humberto Maturana, addressing concepts such as self-reference, autonomy, and the role of the observer in constructing reality.
But, how do these insights help tech. practitioners, executives and entrepreneurs?
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