• star_wraith [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Cybernetic Marxism is a fascinating subject. I'm not even all that tech-savvy but I've enjoyed learning more about it. For comrades who want to learn more, I strongly recommend Towards a New Socialism by Cockshott and Cottrell. You can read it for free here.

    There's also the podcast "The General Intellect Unit" run by two Cybernetic Marxists that covers this topic, and I'm pretty sure they have at least one episode about Cybersyn. Though note they are fairly critical of how the Soviet Union implemented central planning, which can be a bit of a shock at first. They're also open about the challenges we'll face in implementing socialism but frankly I think these are questions we shouldn't avoid.

    • Multihedra [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I think Cosmonaut (which also has a podcast) is fairly into cybernetics as well.

      I literally thought “cybernetics” was L Ron Hubbard shit (lol oops) and was super confused at first, but I am definitely interested in learning more . Thanks for the links