Stafford Beer
Beerβs admirers view his intelligence, breadth of knowledge, and willingness to think in unconventional ways as signs of misunderstood genius. On the other hand, his detractors paint a picture of a self-promoter who made grandiose claims that were not backed by his actual accomplishments
β [[Cybernetic Revolutionaries]]
Beer was an unusual cybernetician in his deep commitment to democratic control systems
β [[Half-Earth Socialism]]
He was not a typical socialist but looked the part of a 1970s business hippie β being a management consultant with a beard of biblical proportions β but he was far more like [[Neurath]] and [[Kantorovich]] than like Stewart Brand or Ed Bass
β [[Half-Earth Socialism]]
"The more I reflect on these facts, the more I perceive that the evolutionary approach to adaptation in social systems simply will not work any more. . . . It has therefore become clear to me over the years that I am advocating revolution"
β Stafford Beer quoted in [[Cybernetic Revolutionaries]]
- public document at doc.anagora.org/stafford-beer
- video call at meet.jit.si/stafford-beer
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