Resource Center Articles
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.