Jon Awbrey<p>Survey of Cybernetics • 4<br>• <a href="http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01/25/survey-of-cybernetics-4/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2024/01</span><span class="invisible">/25/survey-of-cybernetics-4/</span></a></p><p>❝Again, in a ship, if a man were at liberty to do what he chose, but were devoid of mind and excellence in navigation (αρετης κυβερνητικης), do you perceive what must happen to him and his fellow sailors?❞</p><p>— Plato • Alcibiades • 135 A</p><p>This is a Survey of blog posts relating to Cybernetics. It includes the selections from Ashby's “Introduction to Cybernetics” and the comments on them I've posted so far, plus two series of reflections on the governance of social systems in light of cybernetic and semiotic principles.</p><p>Please follow the above link for the full set of resources. By way of a selection, links for the series on “Basal Ingredients Of Society” are given below.</p><p>Basal Ingredients Of Society (BIOS) —</p><p>Prologue<br>• <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/01/basal-ingredients-of-society-prologue/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/01/basal-ingredients-of-society-prologue/</span></a></p><p>Comments<br>1 <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/02/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-1/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/02/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-1/</span></a><br>2 <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/03/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/03/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-2/</span></a><br>3 <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/04/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/04/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-3/</span></a><br>4 <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/06/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-4/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/06/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-4/</span></a><br>5 <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/06/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-5/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/06/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-5/</span></a><br>6 <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/07/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-6/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/07/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-6/</span></a><br>7 <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/07/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-7/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/07/basal-ingredients-of-society-comment-7/</span></a></p><p>Prescription<br>• <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09/10/basal-ingredients-of-society-%e2%84%9e/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquiryintoinquiry.com/2015/09</span><span class="invisible">/10/basal-ingredients-of-society-%e2%84%9e/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Cybernetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybernetics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Information</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Control</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governance</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Plato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plato</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Ashby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ashby</span></a> <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Peirce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peirce</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Semiotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semiotics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Semiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Inquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inquiry</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/InquiryDrivenSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InquiryDrivenSystems</span></a></p>