Cybernetics and Dynamics

When we talk about the paradigm for psychology described in The Mind in the Wheel, we often use the word cybernetic. Cybernetics refers to the study of negative feedback loops and control systems, things that function like thermostats to keep values at certain levels or a signal on one side of some threshold — keeping your vehicles at certain speeds, your blood sugar within a certain range, and your reactor temperature below critical levels. But this paradigm is not just cybernetic. It’s also dy...