I second this. For anybody who cant be fucked sear hing up the link on wikipedia the Eden Medina book is called 'cybernetic revolutionaries'. It's a great piece

I second this. For anybody who cant be fucked sear hing up the link on wikipedia the Eden Medina book is called 'cybernetic revolutionaries'. It's a great piece of research (although, in my opinion, lacking somewhat on both political and technological analysis. It seems to be the best book out there on cybersyn). Also, for anybody interested in the general ideas check out the novel 'Red Plenty' by Francis Spufford. Its about attempts at a similar scheme in the USSR and the problems it faced (more ideological and organisational than technological) What makes Cybersyn interesting for me, particularly in relation to the Soviet schemes, was the decentralised nature of it, including the (unfulfilled) ideas of bringing workers into the fold. Also, the Adam Curtis series 'Pandoras box' (youtubeable I think) discusses both cybersyn specifically and the ideas around it.