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Comment author: [deleted] 04 May 2014 06:58:14PM 0 points [-]

When it comes to general concepts cybernetics is something to which a lot of people on LW don't have much exposure and cybernetics as central as knowing probability theory for understanding how the world works.

What introductory material about it would you recommend?

Comment author: ChristianKl 04 May 2014 08:33:21PM 3 points [-]

Unfortunately I don't have a good recommendation. Formally I learned about it in a physiology lecture at university and the professor said that there isn't a good textbook that he could use to teach us.

While searching around I found An Introduction of Cybernetics by Ross Ashby. It's might not be perfect but I think it's probably a good enough introduction.