Hegel 2.0: The imaginary history of ternary computing (2018)

Hegel 2.0 The imaginary history of ternary computing Leif Weatherby I. DIALECTICAL COMPUTERS AND COLD WAR METAPHYSICS Warren McCulloch didn’t want to go to Moscow. The invitation appeared in the early 1960s, during the first wave of scientific exchange between Russia and the United States during the Cold War. McCulloch had founded cybernetics, along with Norbert Wiener and Gregory Bateson. A mixture of information theory, computer design, and physiological work in equal part experiment and speculation, cybernetics briefly held global science and American pop culture in its thrall.[1] Warren McCulloch didn’t want to go to Moscow. The invitation appeared in the early 1960s, during the first wave of scientific exchange between Russia and the United States during the Cold War. McCulloch had founded cybernetics, along with Norbert Wiener and Gregory Bateson. A mixture of information theory, computer design, and physiological work in equal part experiment and speculation, cybernetics briefl ... Read full article.