cybernetics - stanford uni course

This page provides pointers into content on pangaro.com about relationships among user interaction, software design, and cybernetics.

Cybernetics is, at its core, the science of purpose: it enables the formal modeling of human goals in complex situations, including conversation, decision making, and computer-mediated collaboration. Below are examples of software implementations based on a cybernetic framework together with articles, course descriptions, and design proposals that show how cybernetics is an effective tool for harnessing computation in service of human goals.