I was ready to jump in here with a dismissive comment, but then he mentioned Wiener close to the top, and I was disarmed. It's a pretty good collection of link

I was ready to jump in here with a dismissive comment, but then he mentioned Wiener close to the top, and I was disarmed. It's a pretty good collection of links. Unfortunately, the prefix "cyber" has rather jumped the shark, but the whole idea of biological and even social systems as exhibiting the same communication and control mechanisms we're familiar with from engineering is worth contemplating.