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Selected articles about Norbert Wiener, cybernetics, and the making of this project.

Creating "The Norbert Wiener Media Project"

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, September 2015 — J. Mitchell Johnson

How filmmaker J. Mitchell Johnson discovered Norbert Wiener while researching Soviet computing history and created a comprehensive media project about the father of cybernetics.

Back Story — Who is Norbert Wiener?

Abridged from "Dark Hero of the Information Age" biography

An introduction to Norbert Wiener as the father of the information age — a 20th-century child prodigy and visionary whose discoveries transformed economies and cultures worldwide.

The Eccentric Genius Whose Time May Have Finally Come (Again)

Atlantic Monthly Magazine, June 2014 — Doug Hill

An examination of Wiener's legacy through his warnings about technology and automation, exploring why his ideas feel more relevant today than ever.

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A resource about cybernetics and the work of Norbert Wiener, the father of the information age.

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